The holy land reborn : pilgrimage & the Tibetan reinvention of Buddhist India

The holy land reborn : pilgrimage & the Tibetan reinvention of Buddhist India / Toni Huber.

The Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans consider themselves 'the child of Indian civilization' and that India is the holy land from whose sources the Tibetans have built their own civilization. This work looks at this relationship and how Tibetans have maintained it, particularly by way of p...

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Main Author: Huber, Toni, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Series:Buddhism and modernity.
Subjects:
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages > India.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Sacred space > India.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
International relations
Sacred space
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Relations > India.
India > Relations > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
India
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Summary:The Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans consider themselves 'the child of Indian civilization' and that India is the holy land from whose sources the Tibetans have built their own civilization. This work looks at this relationship and how Tibetans have maintained it, particularly by way of pilgrimage.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 501 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-483) and index.
ISBN:9780226356501
0226356507
1281957186
9781281957184
9786611957186
6611957189
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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