摘要
英印殖民统治长期重视战略情报获取,在19世纪后期西藏对外封闭和英俄中亚竞争加剧的背景下,印度测量局特别选派一批被称为印度"班智达"的土著情报员对以西藏为中心的中亚地区进行秘密勘察,他们以极小代价为英印政府带回了大量重要情报。"班智达"在藏间谍行为对英印殖民统治有重要实用性,西藏由此被清晰嵌入英印中亚地缘战略布局中。分析印度"班智达"在藏活动这一历史事件,能再现英印殖民机器中的隐蔽环节,也能反映英印对中国西藏的侵略本质和战略设置。
The British Raj has long attached importance to strategic intelligence acquisition.In the context of Tibet being closed to the outside world and the increasingly fierce competition between Britain and Russia in the late 19 th century,the Indian Bureau of Surveys sent a group of selected local indigenous Indians known as"Indian Pundits"to conduct secret investigations of the Central Asian region that was centered on Tibet.They brought back a large amount of information that was of great value to the British Indian government,and at a small cost.What"Indian Pundits"were able to accomplish in Tibet was of great practical use to British colonial rule,since Tibet was clearly embedded in the British geo-strategic planning concerning Central Asia.Analysis of the historical events of the Indian Pundits in Tibet cannot only uncover the hidden links within the British Indian colonial activities,but also reflect its aggressive nature and strategic posture towards Tibet.
作者
何文华
He Wenhua(School of History,Culture and Tourism at Sichuan Normal University)
出处
《藏学学刊》
2020年第2期-,共12页
Journal of Tibetology
基金
国家社科基金青年项目“近代英国建构的西藏形象特征及其政治内涵研究”(18CME013)
博士后第65批面上资助基金“晚清驻藏大臣联豫及其筹办藏事研究”(2019M653835XB)的阶段性研究成果
作者简介
何文华,四川师范大学历史文化与旅游学院副教授,四川省社科院与四川大学联合培养博士后
