Ladakh: Crossroads of High AsiaThis highly readable volume offers the first authoritative account of the history, religions, culture, and social conditions of Ladakh, the land often celebrated as the last outpost of Tibetan civilization. Relatively isolated from the rest of India as well as from Tibet by the world's highest mountains, Ladakh stands at the crossroads where Islam and Buddhism met and blended to produce an entirely unique culture. Writing with feeling and personal knowledge born out of years of study and years spent in the region, Janet Rizvi presents much more than a mere coffee-table pictorial guide. She explores the region's rich oral tradition, and its literature and artefacts, as well as its trade and economy. The volume also includes appendices on the Jesuits in Western Tibet and additional information for visitors, a glossary, select bibliography, and index. Now available in paperback for the first time, Ladakh will provide tourists, travelers, scholars, and general readers with hours of enjoyment. |
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Alchi ancient animals Balti Baltistan Basgo bazaar Bodhisattva Buddhas Buddhist caravan central Asia central Ladakh central Tibet centre century Chang-Thang Chigtan chorten Chronicle Chushot culture dance Dards Deldan Desideri Dogra Dras Drug-pa Du-khang dynasty festival Ge-lugs-pa gompas goncha Guge Gyal Hemis Himalaya images important India Indus valley Islam Jamyang journey Karakoram Kargil district Kargil town Kashmir Kesar Khaltse kilometres king Lamayuru landscape Leh and Kargil Lhasa Likir Maitreya metres mission monasteries monastic monks Moorcroft mountains Mulbekh murals Muslim Namgyal Tsemo nomads Nubra paintings palace pashmina passes perhaps Phiyang plateaux polo religion religious river road route Sakyamuni Saspol seems Sengge Sengge Namgyal shawls Shey Spituk Srinagar style summer Suru Tashi Namgyal temple thangkas Tibet Tibetan Tibetan Buddhism Tikse tion tourist trade tradition traveller tsampa Tsaparang Vajrayana village visitor walls western Tibet winter women wool Yarkand Zanskar range Zoji-La Zorawar
References to this book
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures Colin Murray Parkes,Pittu Laungani,Bill Young Limited preview - 1997 |
The Story of Kashmir: Documents, treaties and exhaustive bibliography Verinder Grover No preview available - 1995 |