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
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Mountain worship--China--Kailas Mountain. Pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Kailas Mountain.