The sacred mountain: travellers and pilgrims at Mount Kailas in western Tibet, and the great universal symbol of the sacred mountain /
Snelling, John,
The sacred mountain: travellers and pilgrims at Mount Kailas in western Tibet, and the great universal symbol of the sacred mountain / John Snelling ; foreword by Christmas Humphreys. - New Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1990. - xix, 457 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Maps on lining papers. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 225-229.
Himalaya -- Mount Kailas and its Sacred Lakes -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; To 1850 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1850-1900 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1904-1911 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1926-1932 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1936-1945 -- Pilgrims to the Sacred Mountain - 1 -- Pilgrims to the Sacred Mountain - 2 -- Kailas Reopens -- The Heart of the Matter -- Epilogue
8120831527
Mountain worship--China--Kailas Mountain.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Kailas Mountain.
Kailas, Mount (China)--Description and travel.
910.202 / SNE/S
The sacred mountain: travellers and pilgrims at Mount Kailas in western Tibet, and the great universal symbol of the sacred mountain / John Snelling ; foreword by Christmas Humphreys. - New Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1990. - xix, 457 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Maps on lining papers. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 225-229.
Himalaya -- Mount Kailas and its Sacred Lakes -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; To 1850 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1850-1900 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1904-1911 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1926-1932 -- Travellers in the Sacred Region; 1936-1945 -- Pilgrims to the Sacred Mountain - 1 -- Pilgrims to the Sacred Mountain - 2 -- Kailas Reopens -- The Heart of the Matter -- Epilogue
8120831527
Mountain worship--China--Kailas Mountain.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Kailas Mountain.
Kailas, Mount (China)--Description and travel.
910.202 / SNE/S