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Author Nietupski, Paul Kocot, 1950-

Title Labrang Monastery : a Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (306 pages)
Series Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
Studies in modern Tibetan culture.
Contents Amdo : an overview -- Tibetan religions in Amdo -- Labrang's society -- Growth and development : the evolution of Labrang Monastery -- Twentieth-century Labrang -- Visions and realities at Labrang
Summary This book is a social and political history of Labrang Monastery, located in Tibet's Amdo and China's Gansu Province. It includes a study of the religious heritage of the region and its interactions with surrounding ethnic groups and political powers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-261) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Bla-brang Bkra-shis-ʼkhyil (Xiahe Xian, China) -- History
SUBJECT Bla-brang Bkra-shis-ʼkhyil (Xiahe Xian, China) fast
Subject RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
Civilization
SUBJECT Amdo (China : Region) -- Civilization
Subject China -- Amdo (Region)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780739164457
0739164457