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Shiva as a Kirat (tribal Bhil huntsman) with a huntswoman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
Raja Ravi VarmaReference: 26642i
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Nepal; Kunde village with its hospital, 1986
Carole Reeves
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Himalayan journals, or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia mountains, &c / By Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Joseph Dalton HookerDate: 1891
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Travels in Ceylon and continental India; including Nepal and other parts of the Himalayas, to the borders of Thibet, with some notices of the overland route / Appendices. I. Addressed to Baron von Humboldt, on the geographical distribution of Conifera on the Himalayan Mountains. II. On the vegetation of the Himalayan Mountains. III. The birds of the Himalayan Mountains. By Dr. W. Hoffmeister... Translated from the German. [With preface by C. Ritter and memoir by A. Hoffmeister].
Werner HoffmeisterDate: 1848
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Encyclopaedia of Himalayas / ed. by Kadambari Sharma.
Date: 1999
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Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986
Carole Reeves
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Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986. This is the only hospital in the Khumbu region. A 'Visitors Note' at the gate reads: 'Interested visitors may be shown the hospital between 8 am - 5 pm depending on the availability of staff. For this service a donation is appreciated. The hospital depends on donations.' In 1986, the hospital was remarkably well equipped considering its isolation. There were facilities for minor, and in an emergency, major surgery and dentistry, local and general anaesthesia, and an X-ray machine running off its own generator. Some diagnostic facilities were carried out, and the walls of the main clinic were lined with shelves packed with a good supply of drugs, bandages and sutures.
Carole Reeves
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A naturalist in Himalaya / by R.W.G. Hingston.
Richard HingstonDate: 1920
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The abode of snow : observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the upper valleys of the Himalaya / by Andrew Wilson.
Andrew WilsonDate: 1875
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Nepal; cremation on the Baghmati river, 1986
Carole Reeves
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Nepal; herdsmen of the Khumbu, 1986. Three herdsmen stop for refreshments at the Shomare Hotel. The sign above the door of this tea shop reads: 'Wel-come to Shomare Hotel', evidence that westerners pass the door en rout to the high mountains.
Carole Reeves
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Nepal; air transport in the Khumbu, 1986
Carole Reeves
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Himalayan journals : notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c / by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Joseph Dalton HookerDate: 1855
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Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986. Namche Bazar (altitude 3446 metres), a bustling and prosperous market town, is the largest Sherpa settlement in the Khumbu. Many of its Tibetan-style houses devote the ground floor to animal shelters while the family lives upstairs. Most have windows and doors at the front of the building only, the back being built into the side of the mountain. Firewood is stacked against walls, and small terraced fields grow staples (potatoes, barley, wheat). At left is a Buddhist shrine or stupa, on each side of which is painted the eyes of the Buddha. Prayer flags are strung out from its summit.
Carole Reeves
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Nepal; street cleaning in Kathmandu, 1986. In the mid-1980s, Kathmandu was a mix of medieval architecture and urban sprawl. Television was a late-comer to Nepal but by the 1980s, the skyline of urban areas had become peppered with television aerials. Copying western culture and values became fashionable, and drug addiction amongst the young increased significantly during the decade.
Carole Reeves
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Among the Himalayas / by L.A. Waddell.
Laurence WaddellDate: 1900
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Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia, undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV. and MDCCCLVIII. : by order of the court of directors of the Honorable East India company by Hermann, Adolphe, and Robert de Schlagintweit / With an atlas of panoramas, views and maps.
Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann von (Hermann Rudolph Alfred von), 1826-1882.Date: 1861-1866
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Nepal; travelling butcher in the Khumbu, 1986. Well-dressed Sherpas buying yak meat from butcher, near Lukla (altitude 2827 metres). Meat is not generally eaten by Sherpas who are Buddhists, adhering to the oldest, unreformed sect of Tibetan Buddhism known as Kar-gyud-pa. Buddhists make up about 5.3% of Nepal's population whilst 89.5% are Hindu. The cultural heritage of the Sherpas, however, has always remained with Tibet.
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Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, 1986. The Kathmandu Valley is situated in Nepal's Hill Region ('Pahar' in Nepali - altitutides 1000-4000 metres), and is the country's most fertile and urbanised area as well as being its political and cultural centre. The hills, sculpted into a vast complex of terraces, are extensively cultivated. Hill farmers produced food staples, mostly rice and corn, although this is still a food-deficit area. Other crops include wheat, millet, barley, sugarcane, tobacco, potatoes and oilseed. The climate is mild with summer temperatures reaching 30 degrees C and winter temperatures about 10 degrees C. The most common trees are oak, alder, jacaranda and rhododendron.
Carole Reeves
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James Scott, Australian medical student, lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food. Drawing by Martin Howard Boscott, 1993.
Boscott, Martin Howard, 1959-Date: 1993Reference: 485563i
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Herbal drugs of Himalaya : medicinal plants of Garhwal and Kumaon regions of India / V.K. Singh and Zaheer Anwar Ali.
Singh, V. K.Date: [1998], ©1998
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Nepal; village in the Rapti Valley, Terai, 1986
Carole Reeves
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Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur, 1986
Carole Reeves
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Gangotri, Uttar Pradesh: pilgrims praying at a shrine near the source of the Ganges. Aquatint by R. Havell, 1820, after J.B. Fraser.
James Baillie FraserDate: March 1 1820Reference: 588226i
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Mount Everest; Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, 1986
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Shiva as a Kirat (tribal Bhil huntsman) with a huntswoman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Nepal; Kunde village with its hospital, 1986

Himalayan journals, or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia mountains, &c / By Joseph Dalton Hooker.

Encyclopaedia of Himalayas / ed. by Kadambari Sharma.

Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986

A naturalist in Himalaya / by R.W.G. Hingston.

The abode of snow : observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the upper valleys of the Himalaya / by Andrew Wilson.

Nepal; cremation on the Baghmati river, 1986

Nepal; herdsmen of the Khumbu, 1986. Three herdsmen stop for refreshments at the Shomare Hotel. The sign above the door of this tea shop reads: 'Wel-come to Shomare Hotel', evidence that westerners pass the door en rout to the high mountains.

Nepal; air transport in the Khumbu, 1986

Himalayan journals : notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c / by Joseph Dalton Hooker.

Among the Himalayas / by L.A. Waddell.

Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia, undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV. and MDCCCLVIII. : by order of the court of directors of the Honorable East India company by Hermann, Adolphe, and Robert de Schlagintweit / With an atlas of panoramas, views and maps.

James Scott, Australian medical student, lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food. Drawing by Martin Howard Boscott, 1993.

Herbal drugs of Himalaya : medicinal plants of Garhwal and Kumaon regions of India / V.K. Singh and Zaheer Anwar Ali.

Nepal; village in the Rapti Valley, Terai, 1986

Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur, 1986

Gangotri, Uttar Pradesh: pilgrims praying at a shrine near the source of the Ganges. Aquatint by R. Havell, 1820, after J.B. Fraser.

Mount Everest; Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, 1986