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.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1990Description: xix, 457 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 8120831527Subject(s): Mountain worship -- China -- Kailas Mountain | Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- China -- Kailas Mountain | Kailas, Mount (China) -- Description and travelDDC classification: 910.202 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 910.202 SNE/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P13173 |
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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