如果说19世纪俄国人对西藏感兴趣是不可否认的事实,那么他们却并未像英国人倾向于想象的那样真正地寻求确保一个人侵印度的基地,他们首先是希望阻止英国人在西域立足。至于英国人一方,他们当时也没有立即占领西藏的意图,尽管他们通过班智达们搜集到了情报,但他们依然很不了解在喜马拉雅山彼麓所发生的事,继他们在阿富汗历尽艰难之后,其排俄罗斯情绪激化到相信任何一种传播俄国人背信弃义行为的传闻。正当这种更应该是荒谬的局面得以确立时,西藏和锡金(自1849年起 If 19th-century Russians were interested in Tibet, it is an undeniable fact that they did not really seek to secure a base for invading India, as the British would tend to imagine. They first and foremost wanted to prevent the British from gaining a foothold in the Western Regions . As for the British, at that time, they did not intend to immediately occupy Tibet. Although they had gathered intelligence through the group, they still did not understand what happened in the Himalayas. Following their hardships in Afghanistan, Its rousing Russian sentiment intensified into believing any kind of rumor that spread Russian betrayal. At a time when such a more absurd situation should be established, Tibet and Sikkim (since 1849)