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60. Struggle with a Nepalese soldier. 690 61. Meeting again with an old friend, Lama Buddha Vajra. 695 62. The author and his friend Buddha Vajra enjoying the brilliant snow at Katmandu. 704 63. Nagarjuna's cave of meditation in Nepal. 716


Photogravures.


TO FACE PAGE 1. The Author in 1909. Frontispiece. 2. The Author just before leaving Japan. 1 3. Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Das. 11 4. Lama Sengchen Dorjechan. 15 5. The Author meditating under the Bodhi-tree. 25 6. Passport in Tibetan for the Author's return to Tibet in the future. 645 7. The Author as a Tibetan Lama at Darjeeling on his return. 667 8. The Author performing ceremonies in Tibetan costume. 669 9. The Prime Minister of Nepal, H. H. Chandra Shamsir. 685 10. The Commander-in-Chief of Nepal, H. E. Bhim Shamsir. 697 11. Mount Gaurishankara, the highest peak in the world. (At the end of the volume).


Sketch-map.

1. Chart of the Route followed by the Author. (At the end of the volume.)