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About The Book: In this book, the author provides an account of their journey to Lassa and Tibet. The author describes his departure from Darjiling, noting the bright moonlight accompanied by dark clouds hinting at a possible rain. He anxiously gaze at the mountain-tops in eastern Nepal, hoping to spot any signs of snowfall. As he leave their home in Darjiling, a mix of fear of death in the snows and the hope of conquering nature's challenges fills their mind, knowing that they may never return to their native land. The author diligently immerses themselves in studying the Tibetan language and establishes friendly relations with the Raja of Sikkim and prominent lamas in that region. Subsequently, they embark on several short trips to the country in the following years. About The Author: Sarat Chandra Dash (1849–1917) was an Indian scholar of Tibetan language and culture most noted for his two journeys to Tibet in 1879 and in 1881–1882. Born in Chittagong, eastern Bengal to a Bengali Hindu Vaidya-Brahmin family, Sarat Chandra Dash attended Presidency College, as a student of the University of Calcutta. In 1874 he was appointed headmaster of the Bhutia Boarding School at Darjeeling. In 1878, a Tibetan teacher, Lama Ugyen Gyatso arranged a passport for Sarat Chandra to go the monastery at Tashilhunpo. In June 1879, Das and Ugyen-gyatso left Darjeeling for the first of two journeys to Tibet. They remained in Tibet for six months, returning to Darjeeling with a large collection of Tibetan and Sanskrit texts which would become the basis for his later scholarship. Sarat Chandra spent 1880 in Darjeeling poring over the information he had obtained. In November 1881, Sarat Chandra and Ugyen gyatso returned to Tibet, where they explored the Yarlung Valley, returning to India in January 1883. Along with Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan, he prepared Tibetan-English dictionary.William Woodville Rockhill (1854–1914) was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S. Op