The Rise of Man in the Gardens of Sumeria – A Biography of L A Waddell Preston
The Rise of Man in the Gardens of SumeriaA Biography of L A Waddell
Author(s): Christine Preston
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
ISBN-13: 9781789760644, 978-1789760644
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Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell (1854?1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet, his explorations of the Himalayas, and a biography which included records of the [tel] military expedition to Lhasa (Lhasa and its Mysteries). Waddell was also in the limelight due to his acquisition of Tibetan manuscripts which he donated to the British Museum. His overriding interest was in 'Aryan origins'. After learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, and in between military expeditions and gathering intelligence from the borders of Tibet in the Great Game, Waddell researched Lamasm. He extended his activities to Archaeology, Philology and Ethnology, and was credited with discoveri.
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The Rise of Man in the Gardens of Sumeria – A Biography of L A Waddell Preston
The Rise of Man in the Gardens of SumeriaA Biography of L A Waddell
Author(s): Christine Preston
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
ISBN-13: 9781789760644, 978-1789760644
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Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell (1854?1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet, his explorations of the Himalayas, and a biography which included records of the [tel] military expedition to Lhasa (Lhasa and its Mysteries). Waddell was also in the limelight due to his acquisition of Tibetan manuscripts which he donated to the British Museum. His overriding interest was in 'Aryan origins'. After learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, and in between military expeditions and gathering intelligence from the borders of Tibet in the Great Game, Waddell researched Lamasm. He extended his activities to Archaeology, Philology and Ethnology, and was credited with discoveri.
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The Rise of Man in the Gardens of SumeriaA Biography of L A Waddell
Author(s): Christine Preston
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
ISBN-13: 9781789760644, 978-1789760644
Synopsis
Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell (1854?1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet, his explorations of the Himalayas, and a biography which included records of the [tel] military expedition to Lhasa (Lhasa and its Mysteries). Waddell was also in the limelight due to his acquisition of Tibetan manuscripts which he donated to the British Museum. His overriding interest was in 'Aryan origins'. After learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, and in between military expeditions and gathering intelligence from the borders of Tibet in the Great Game, Waddell researched Lamasm. He extended his activities to Archaeology, Philology and Ethnology, and was credited with discoveri.
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