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So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas - Vintage Departures Barbara Crossette Reprint edition
So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas - Vintage Departures
Barbara Crossette
For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism. As she travels through Bhutan and its neighbots, Crossette introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity.
320 pages, 16 B&W PHOTOS AND 1 MAP
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 25, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780679743637 |
| Publishers | Random House USA Inc |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 203 × 132 × 20 mm · 290 g |
| Language | English |
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