Specialised Bibliography on the Darjeeling Hills

(including selected works on Sikkim and works published in Darjeeling and Kalimpong)

Balikci, A. (2002). Buddhism and Shamanism in Village Sikkim. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). London, University of London.

Bhanja, K. C. (1943). Darjeeling at a glance : a handbook, both descriptive and historical of Darjeeling and Sikkim with thrilling accounts of Everest expeditions by land and air. Darjeeling, Gilbert & Co.

Biswas, K. (1956). Common medicinal plants of Darjeeling and the Sikkim Himalayas. Alipore, West Bengal, Supt. Govt. Print. West Bengal Govt. Press.

Biswas, K. (1966). Plants of Darjeeling and the Sikkim Himalayas. Alipore, West Bengal Govt. Press.

Blochman, L. G. (1938). Red snow at Darjeeling. London, Crime Club.

Bomwetsch, G. S. (1899). Before the glory of the snows, a hand book to Darjeeling. Calcutta.

Brown, P. (1917). Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling district. Calcutta, W. Newman.

Brown, P. (1922). Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling district. Calcutta, W. Newman.

Calcutta roy. botan. garden. (1896). Annual report of the Royal botanic garden and the gardens in Calcutta and of the Lloyd botanic garden, Darjeeling. Calcutta.

Campbell, A. (1848). Itinerary from Phari in Thibet, to Lassa, with appended routes from Darjeeling to Phari. Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press.

Chandragomin and J. Chen (1963). Hymns to Tara. [Kalimpong, Oriental Study Foundation].

Chen, J. (1961). A frank & sincere talk on Ch'an. [Kalimpong, Oriental Study Institute].

Chen, J. (1963). The crucifixion. [Kalimpong, Oriental Study Institute].

Chen, J. (1963). Ch'an & Shiva's 112 meditative ways. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. (1963). Mahayana silas. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. (1967). Dropakula : his personal teaching of perfect liberation. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. (1968). Chunpolonogo : his personal teaching of realization. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. (1968). Philosophic background : Buddhist and Hindu. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. (1968). Some suggestions to the Buddhist world. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. (1969). Discriminations between Buddhist and Hindu Tantras. [Kalimpong], [Printed at the Mani Print. Works ].

Chen, J. (?). How to transform human body into Buddha body. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. and P. Chou (1961). The flute : poems in Buddhism. [Kalimpong, Oriental Study Foundation].

Chen, J. and M. Y. Huang (1961). A talk on preaching. [Kalimpong, Oriental Study Foundation].

Chen, J. and B. Kantipala (1963). Four foundations of Tibetan trantra. [Kalimpong, [s.n.].

Chen, J. and B. Kantipala (1963). The yoga of daily life. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. and B. Kantipala (1963). Why I emphasize "three-yanas-in-one". [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Chen, J. and B. Kantipala (1963). Samatha. [Kalimpong], [s.n.].

Cowan, J. M. (1929.). "The Forests of Kalimpong." Records of the Botanical Survey of India 12(1): 1-74.

Darjeeling Himalayan railway co ltd. (1896). The Darjeeling Himalayan railway, illustrated guide for tourists. Lond.

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. (1999). The Darjeeling mail : the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society magazine. [n.s.], Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society.

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. (2002). Darjeeling and its mountain railway. Kolkata, Naya Udyog.

Das, A. K. and S. K. Banerjee (1962). The Lepchas of Darjeeling District. [Calcutta], [Tribal Welfare Dept. Govt. of West Bengal] ].

Dash, A. J. (1947). Bengal District Gazeteers: Darjeeling.

Dozey, E. C. (1916). A Concise History of the Darjeeling District since 1835. Calcutta, Mukherjee.

English, R. (1985). "Himalayan State Formation and the Impact of the British Rule in the Nineteenth Century." Mountain Research and Development 5(1): 61-78.

Fader, H. L. (2002). Called from obscurity : the life and times of a true son of Tibet, God's humble servant from Poo, Gergan Dorje Tharchin with particular attention given to his good friend and illustrious co-laborer in the Gospel Sadhu Sundar Singh of India. Kalimpong, Tibet Mirror Press.

Fisher, J. F. (1997 (1990)). Sherpas: Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal, Oxford University Press.
This book traces the inpact of contemporary Sherpa society of modern education and mass tourism and assesses the Sherpa's views on their collective future.

Gamble, J. S. (1896). List of the trees, shrubs, and large climbers found in the Darjeeling District, Bengal. Calcutta, printed at the Presidency Jail Press.

Grierson, A. J. C., D. G. Long, et al. (1983). Flora of Bhutan : including a record of plants from Sikkim. Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Harman, N. J. and Survey of India. (1882). Map of routes followed by explorers ... : also results of the Darjeeling Survey Party 1879-82. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Hendry, D. and M.-Y. Low (1992). Hannah and Darjeeling. London, Walker.

Hooker, J. D. (1850). "Darjeeling, Sikkim Himalaya and the passes leading into Tibet." Hook. J. Bot. 2: 11-16.

Hooker, J. D. (1851). "On the Physical geography of the Sikkim Himalaya." Hook. J. Bot. 3(21).

Hooker, J. D. (1852). "Notes chiefly botanical, made during an excursion from Darjeeling to Tonglo, a lofty mountain on the confines of Nepal and Sikkim." Journal of the Agri-Hort. Society of India, 7: 1-13.

Hooker, J. D. (1854). Himalayan Journals. London, John Murray.

Humboldt, B. A. (1851). "Physical Geography of Sikkim-Himalaya." Hook. J. Bot. 3: 21-31.

Inglis, C. M. (1935). The kingfishers of the Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri districts of Bengal & Sikkim. [s.l.], [s.n.].

Kar, C. K. (1999). Darjeeling Himalaya in flames. Taki District, West Bengal, C.K. Kar.
On the agitation for a seperate Gorkhaland state for the Nepali-speaking population in Darjeeling and adjacent places initiated by Gorkha National Liberation Front

Lacaita, C. C. (1916). "Plants Collected in Sikkim including the Kalimpong district, April 8th to May 9th, 1913." Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 43: 457-492.

Lama, W. B., S. Das, et al. (1993). Sikkim, Darjeeling & Kalimpong. [s.l.]
Basingstoke, Apa ;
GeoCenter International U.K. [distributor].

Lee, A. H. J. and F. W. Warne (?). The Darjeeling disaster, its bright side : the triumph of the six Lee children. Calcutta, Evangelical literature Depot.

Lethbridge, J. (1994). Harrow on the Hooghly : the New School, Calcutta and Darjeeling, 1940-1944. Charlbury, J. Lethbridge.

Mackintosh, L. J. (1915). Birds of Darjeeling and India. Calcutta, Printed by J.N. Banerjee & Son.

Maheshwari, P., B. M. Johri, et al. (1962). Proceedings of the Summer School of Botany held June 2-15, 1960 at Darjeeling. New Delhi, Ministry of Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs Govt. of India.

Mani Dixit, K. (1991). "Tibetans Inside and Outside." Himal March/April: 23.

Martin, T. (2000). Halfway to heaven-- : the Darjeeling Himalayan railway 1879-2000 : the story of one of the most remarkable railways in the world. Chester, RailRomances.

Miller, B. D. (1958). Lamas and Laymen: an historico-functional study of the secular integration of monastery and community. Seattle, University of Washington.

Miller, B. D. (1993). Is there Tibetan Culture(s) without Buddhism? Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalaya. C. Ramble, and Brauen, Martin. Zurich, Ethnological Museum of the University of Zurich. 12.
worked with Tibetans in the 1950s in Kalimpong and Darjeeling

Millett, P. J., I. M. Bowie, et al. (1980). Darjeeling Holdings Limited : investigation under Sections 164 and 172 of the Companies Act 1948 : interim and final report. London, H.M.S.O.

Minto, J. R. (1974). Graham of Kalimpong. Edinburgh, Blackwood.

Muns*i, S. i. (1980). An enquiry into the nature of frontier settlements : case study of hill Darjeeling. Calcutta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.

Nakane, C. (1966). A Plural Society in Sikkim - A Study of the Interrelations of Lepchas, Bhotias, and Nepalis. Caste and Kin in Nepal, India and Ceylon. C. v. Fürer-Haimendorf. New Delhi, Sterling Publishers.

National Council of Applied Economic Research. (1977). Techno-economic survey of Darjeeling tea industry. New Delhi, National Council of Applied Economic Research.

O'Malley, L. S. S. (1999 [1907]). Bengal District Gazetters: Darjeeling. Delhi, Logos Press.

Ortner, S. (1989). High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism. Princeton N.J., Princeton University Press.

Packard, E. W. S. (1964). The story of Liladhar. Ilfracombe, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.

Peter (1954). The aristocracy of Central Tibet. A provisional list of the names of the noble houses of Ü-Tsang. Kalimpong,, Tharchin.

Pinn, F. (1986). The road of destiny : Darjeeling letters 1839. Calcutta, Oxford University Press.

Pinn, F. (1990). The road of destiny : Darjeeling letters 1839. Calcutta, Oxford University Press.

Pradhan, P. M. (1978). Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad Deokota. Kalimpong, Bhagya Laxmi Prakashan.

Pradhan, P. M. and Bh*anubhakta (1979). Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya. Kalimpong, Bhagya Laxmi Prakashan.

Risley, H. H. (1894). In The Gazetteer of Sikkim. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Press.

Sangharakshita (1997). The rainbow road : from Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong : memoirs of an English Buddhist. Birmingham, Windhorse.

Sangharakshita and Triyana Vardhana Vihara (1963). Report : 2501-2506 B.E. (1957-1962). Kalimpong, Triyana Vardhana Vihara.

Sarkar, D. K. and D. J. Bhaumik (2000). Empowering Darjeeling Hills : an experience with Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. Delhi, Indian Publishers Distributors.
Setting up of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, a politico-administrative body to tackle the problems of the Darjeeling Hills.

Siiger, H. (1976). The Lepchas: Culture and Religion of a Himalayan People. Copenhagen, The National Museum of Denmark.
Result of anthropological field work in Sikkim, Kalimpong, and Git.

Siiger, H. and J. Rischel (1967). The Lepchas : culture and religion of a Himalayan people. Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark.

Steinmann, B. (2001). Les Enfants du Singe et de la Démone: Mémoires des Tamangs, récits himalayens. Nanterre, Société d'Ethnologie.

Subba, T. B. (1988). "Social Adaptation of the Tibetan Refugees in the Darjeeling- Sikkim Himalayas." The Tibet Journal 13(3): 49 - 57.

Subba, T. B. (1989). Dynamics of a hill society : the Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Delhi, Mittal Publications.

Subba, T. B. (1989). "Bookreview of: Girija Saklani, The Uprooted Tibetans in India: A Sociological Study of Continuity and Change, New Delhi, Cosmo, 1984, 452p, Rs 225." Himalaya Today 2(3): 90.

Subba, T. B. (1990). Flight and Adaptation: Tibetan Refugees in the Darjeeling Sikkim Himalaya. Dharamsala, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives.

Subba, T. B. (1992). Ethnicity, state, and development : a case study of the Gorkhaland Movement in Darjeeling. New Delhi, Har-Anand Publications in association with Vikas Pub. House.

Subba, T. B. (1992). Tibetans in Exile: Economic Pursuits and Ethnicity. Ethnicity and Politics in Central Asia. K. Warikoo and D. Norbu. New Delhi, South Asian Publishers: 204-15.

Subba, T. B. (1997). "The Bengali-Nepali Conflict in West Bengal." Flatfile 2(2): 16-19.

Subba, T. B. (2002). One or Many Paths: Coping with the Tibetan Refugees in India. Dimensions of Displaced People in North-East India. J. C. Thomas. New Delhi, Regency Publications: 131-148.

Subba, T. B. (2003). The Anthropology of North-East India. New Delhi, Orient Longman.

Subba, T. B. a. P., Prem K. (1991). "Demystifying some Ethnographic Texts on the Himalayas." Social Scientist 19(8-9): 78-84.

Survey of India. (1852). Map of the British Sikkim, : comprising the Darjeeling Hill Territory and two morung purgunnahs. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1866). Main circuits nos. 1,2,3,4, & 5
Purgunnahs Hattigheesa and Patturghatta, District Darjeeling
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1867). Hill territory of British Sikkim
District Darjeeling
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1867). District Darjeeling. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1868). Rough index map of British Sikkim, : District Darjeeling. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1868). Main circuit nos. 2 & 3
Daling sub-division District Darjeeling
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1868). Main circuit no. 1
Daling sub-division District Darjeeling. Frontier & district boundaries
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1868). Map of the hill territory of British Sikkim, : District Darjeeling. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1878). Map of Darjeeling surveyed in the seasons 1878-80. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1881). Hill territory of British Sikkim
District Darjeeling
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1884). Darjeeling revisionary survey. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1889). District Darjeeling. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1893). District Darjeeling. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1901). District Darjeeling. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1901). District Darjeeling
Corrected up to 1901
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1907). District Darjeeling
Corrected up to 1907
. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Survey of India. (1945). Darjeeling guide map. [Dehra Dun], Survey of India.

Tamsang, K. P. (1981). Lepcha-English encyclopaedic dictionary. Kalimpong, Mrs M. C. Tamsang.

Tharchin, G. (1972). Dbu med kyi ka dpe da*n po Byis pa dga* ba*i mgrin rgyan *zes bya ba b*zugs so = The Tibetan primer of current hand writing = Tibbat*i bh*a*s*a k*a pracalita hastalekha *sik*s*a. Kalimpong, Tharchin.

Thaye, P. N., m. Mi pham rgya, et al. (1987). Lha sku*i thig dpe Mi-pham dgo*ns rgyan = Concise Tibetan art book. Kalimpong, W.B., India, P.N. Thaye.

Tshering, P. (2003). Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava (the Lotus-Born). Darjeeling, Manjushri Enterprises.

White, J. C. (1909). Sikkim and Bhutan; twentyone years on the north-east frontier1887-1908. London.

? (2003). Darjeeling, Christmas 1945 : the Darjeeling photographs of Frank Thornton Jones (1915 to 1999).


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