02202cam a22003371 4500 8326012 20250608024356.7 cr ||||||||||| 810615s1866 enkabcf 000 0 eng 8326012 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg 42046047 DLC CarP DLC a-bt--- DS485.B503 R4 Rennie, D. F. (David Field), -1868. Bhotan and the story of the Dooar war, including sketches of three months' residence in the Himalayas, and narrative of a visit to Bhotan in May, 1865, by Surgeon Rennie. London, J. Murray, 1866. xxiii, [1] p., 1 l., 408 p. front., illus., pl., ports., fold. map. 21 cm. The Dooar (or Duār) War of 1864-65 began as an attempt by the authorities in British India to annex from Bhutan the territory known as Duārs in order to stop what they claimed were incursions into India from Bhutan. David Field Rennie, who participated in the conflict as a military surgeon, wrote this book on his four-month voyage back to England. Bhutan, which is located at the eastern end of the Himalaya mountain range, was at that time one of the world's most isolated countries. Rennie's intention was to make Bhutan and its people better known in Europe. His work contains an account of the war and observations on the geography, history, people, and languages of the country. As a consequence of the war, Bhutan was forced to cede Duārs to British India. Duārs now constitutes a portion of the states of Assam and West Bengal in India. The book contains a large-scale foldout map of Bhutan. World Digital Library. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Bhutan Description and travel. Bhutan History. gdclccn 42046047 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdclccn.42046047 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2387 digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-3 gdc wdl/wdl1 gdc/wdl pmpull scd asian/asiansadc c-GenColl DS485.B503 R4 Copy 1 PREM