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Himalayan Buddhist Villages di Crook John ; Osmaston Henry In breve: Con il contributo di numerosi specialisti, lo studio socioeconomico dell’insediamento di sTongde in Zanskar ha permesso di conoscere la civiltà tibetana in una zona dove essa è ancora viva e prospera. |
Trans-Himalayan Caravans di Rizvi Janet In breve: This intriguing account of Ladakhi trade is spiced with enough personal details of the traders at all levels. This book documents the extraordinarily complex pattern of trade upon which the pre-Independence economy of Ladakh largely depended. |
Antiquities of Indian Tibet di Francke August Hermann In breve: I trekked on the author's footprints in july 2002, in the stages between Tso Moriri and Rupshu. Francke's personal narrative in two volumes with maps, 45 plates and 4 text illustrations was first published in 1914 and is an archaeological survey of the districts which once formed the kingdom of Western Tibet. |
Asian Commitment di Snellgrove David L. In breve: The autobiographical account of the extraordinary career and travels of Buddhist scholar and translator David Snellgrove, spanning his explorations of Central, South and Southeast Asian cultures over a period of 56 years. |
Being a Buddhist Nun di Gutschow Kim In breve: Gutschow, a visiting assistant professor in religion at Williams College, spent over a decade living in various Buddhist nunneries in the Zangskar region of Kashmir to produce a thoroughgoing ethnography describing the "alternative society" the nuns established within their restrictive environment. |
Buddhist Sculpture in Clay di Luczanits Christian In breve: Large-scale clay sculptures representing the main deities are characteristics of the earliest Tibetan Buddhist monuments and particularly of the monasteries and village-temples built - from the end of the 10th to the early 13th centuries in West Tibet and Ladakh. |
Clear mirror of tibetan medicinal plants (A) di Doctor Dawa In breve: Il migliore ma purtroppo non più reperibile in Italia |
Deux hivers au Zanskar di Föllmi Olivier In breve: Olivier Fölmi ha soggiornato per l’intero inverno in Zanskar descrivendo l’esperienza in questo libro. È un'esperienza ormai della fine anni "70. |
Getting Started in Ladakhi di Norman Rebecca
In breve: Utilissimo quando si desidera scambiare qualche parola con i propri ospiti in special modo nei villaggi isolati o nelle malge. |
In breve: This authoritatively written book is the first to study Ladakh, the celebrated Last outpost of Tibetan civilization. Janet Rizvi shows how Buddhism and Islam met at this high-altitude crossroads to form a unique culture, and discusses the region's history, rich oral tradition, economy, literature, and artifacts. |