Description:
Tibet in recent centuries has been isolated, yet earlier Tibet was the crossroads of Asia, linking India, China and Central Asia.These multiple influences - artistic, religious, economic, and philosophical - coalesced in the civilisation of Tibet. This book traces the cultural history of Tibet as revealed by concrete examples drawn from literature and the fine arts of Tibet and its neighbours, in the hope that the reader may understand the formation of Tibetan cultural identity and its unique artistic and spiritual manifestations.
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