Himalayan Journals — Complete: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.Hooker, Joseph Dalton
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Himalayan Journals — Complete: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Himalaya Mountains
Before leaving the Lepchas, it may be worth mentioning that the
northern parts of the country, towards the Tibet frontier, are
inhabited by Sikkim Bhoteeas[42] (or Kumpas), a mixed race calling
themselves Kumpa Rong, or Kumpa Lepchas; but they are emigrants from
Tibet, having come with the first rajah of Sikkim. These people are
more turbulent and bolder than the Lepchas, and retain much of their
Tibetan character, and even of that of the very province from which
they came; which is north-east of Lhassa, and inhabited by robbers. All
the accounts I have received of it agree with those given by MM. Huc
and Gabet.
[42] Bhote is the general name for Tibet (not Bhotan), and Kumpa is a
large province, or district, in that country. The Bhotanese, natives
of Bhotan, or of the Dhurma country, are called Dhurma people, in
allusion to their spiritual chief, the Dhurma Rajah. They are a darker
and more powerful race, rude, turbulent, and Tibetan in language and
religion, with the worst features of those people exaggerated. The
various races of Nepal are too numerous to be alluded to here: they
are all described in various papers by Mr. Hodgson, in the “Journal of
the Asiatic Society of Bengal.” The Dhurma people are numerous at
Dorjiling; they are often runaways, but invariably prove more
industrious settlers than the Lepchas. In the Himalaya the name Bhotan
is unknown amongst the Tibetans; it signifies literally (according to
Mr. Hodgson) the end of Bhote, or Tibet, being the eastern extreme of
that country. The Lepchas designate Bhotan as Ayeu, or Aieu, as do
often the Bhotanese themselves. Sikkim, again, is called Lhop, or
Lho’, by the Lepchas and Bhotanese.
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