Tibet Past and Present Author:Charles Bell The book deals with Tibetan history from the earliest times, but especially with the aims and movements of the period witnessed by the author early in this century. Anecdotes, conversations with leading Tibetans and quotations from poetry and proverbs illustrate the Tibetan point of view. Sir Charles Bell gives an inside view of the Tibet which ... more »he served for eighteen years on the Indo-Tibetan frontier.« less