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A cultural history of Tibet by [by] David Snellgrove [and] Hugh Richardson is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A cultural history of Tibet about?

“The civilization of the Tibetan people is disappearing before our very eyes, and apart from a few gentle protests here and there, the rest of the world lets it go without comment and without regret. Many civilizations have declined and disintegrated in the past, but it is rare that one has the opportunity of being an informed witness of such events.” So write David Snellgrove and Hugh Richardson, the authors of this comprehensive survey of a rapidly vanishing civilization, in which they trace the evolution of Tibetan culture from its sixth-century pre-Buddhist origins through the introduction of Buddhism, the rise of the great monastic houses, the rise of the “Yellow Hats,” and the establishment of the Dalai Lama to Tibet’s fall to the Chinese Communists in 1959. Because a wealth of new material—most of it previously unfamiliar to the West—has become available since the exile of many Tibetan scholars, it is now possible, as never before, to analyze the richness of this Central Asian civilization and to trace what it assimilated from earlier cultures, particularly from China and India. In their discussion of the three major periods of Tibetan history, the authors draw parallels wit

Author

[by] David Snellgrove [and] Hugh Richardson

Publisher

F. A. Praeger

Published

1968

Language

EN

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities