A Spy for the British

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Sarat Chandra Das (1849-1917) worked as a spy for the British, going on expeditions into Tibetto gather information on the Tibetans, Russians and Chinese. After heleft Tibet the reasons for his visit were discovered and many of theTibetans who had befriended him suffered reprisals. For the latter partof his life, Das settled in Darjeeling, where he became a headmaster at the Bhutia Boarding School. He named his house “Lhasa Villa” and played host to many notable guests including Sir Charles Alfred Bell, Ekai Kawaguchi and Evans-Wentz. He compiled a Tibetan-English dictionary, which was published in 1902.