SHANGRI-LAR KHNOJAY : Himalaye Guptachaaranar Tinshatak (Bengali Version)

Book Details

• Author: Parimal Bhattacharya

• Publisher: Ababhash

• Language: Bengali

• ISBN: 9789380732329

• Pages: 192

• First Edition: September 2014

• 8th Print: April 2025

• Format: Paperback

• Size: 21.5 x 14 cm

About the Book
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the 19th-century Himalayas, this gripping narrative uncovers a little-known chapter of colonial espionage. When Tibet remained a forbidden land, British imperial ambition led to secret missions carried out by unlikely agents—Buddhist monk-disguised spies, a young Bengali schoolmaster sent in 1879, and an illiterate Lepcha tailor from Darjeeling in search of a mysterious river across the world’s deepest gorge.

History largely forgot these figures, and their reports lay buried in dusty archives. Through meticulous research—from an antique bookshop in Shimla to the forests of Singalila, from Park Street’s old graveyard in Kolkata to a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh—the author reconstructs an astonishing tale of adventure, secrecy, and forgotten courage.

This 192-page paperback blends travel writing, archival investigation, and historical storytelling, making it a compelling read for lovers of Himalayan history and espionage narratives.