 | Church missionary society - 1863 - 614 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...savages. At about that period they were visited by Thibetans, who introduced Bwddh worship, the plaiting of their hair into pig-tails, and many of their... | |
 | Joseph Dalton Hooker - Himalaya Mountains - 1854 - 506 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...visited by Tibetans, who introduced Boodh worship, the platting of their hair into pig-tails, and very many of their own customs. Their physiognomy is however... | |
 | Joseph Dalton Hooker - Himalaya Mountains - 1855 - 404 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...worship, the plaiting of their hair into pig-tails, and many of their own customs. Their physiognomy is however so Tibetan in its character, that it cannot... | |
 | David Field Rennie - Bhutan - 1866 - 486 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...savages. At about that period they were visited by Tibetians, who introduced Bood worship, the plaiting of their hair into pigtails, and many of their... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - Bengal (India) - 1876 - 470 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no farther back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...savages. At about that period they were visited by Thibetdns, who introduced Buddha worship, the plaiting of their hair into pigtails, and many other... | |
 | Joseph Dalton Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker - Himalaya Mountains - 1905 - 664 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...half-clad savages. At about that period they were visued by Tibetans, who introduced Boodh worship, the platting of their hair into pig-tails, and very... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - Amazon River Valley - 2004 - 460 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been...visited by Tibetans, who introduced Boodh worship, the platting of their hair into pig-tails, and very many of their own customs. Their physiognomy is however... | |
 | Paul Hattaway - Buddhism - 2004 - 484 pages
...The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been long-haired, half-clad savages. At about that time they were visited by Tibetans, who introduced Mainwaring wrote the following wonderful comment:... | |
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The earliest traditions which they have of their history date no further back than some three hundred years, when they describe themselves as having been long-haired, half-clad savages. At about that period they were visited by Tibetans, who introduced... 