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A Cultural History of Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: David L. Snellgrove
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications

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Divided into three major sections, this comprehensive history covers the early kings, the middle ages, and the Yellow Hats, through to the 20th century. Ample b
The Culture of the Book in Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Drawing on sources spanning the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer envisions the scholars and hermits, madmen and ministers, kings
Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Sam van Schaik
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-28 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Presents a comprehensive history of the country, from its beginnings in the seventh century, to its rise as a Buddhist empire in medieval times, to its conquest
Tibet, Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Patrick French
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-09 - Publisher: Vintage

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At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious
The Dawn of Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 363
Authors: John Vincent Bellezza
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-29 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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This unique book reveals the existence of an advanced civilization where none was known before, presenting an entirely new perspective on the culture and histor