British Imperial Expansion
Introduction & Recap
The Great Game: Britain v Russia
Sikkim and British
Tibet: China and Britain 1720 (Chinese Invasion) -1904 (British Invasion)
Briefest of mentions of Nepal and Bhutan which will be covered in later talk
New References
Empire by Jeremy Paxman
The Honourable Company by John Keay
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