Lhasa and its Mysteries

Lhasa and its Mysteries

With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904

Waddell, L. Austine

Cambridge University Press

03/2015

792

Mole

Inglês

9781108081818

15 a 20 dias

1010

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Preface; 1. Lhasa the forbidden; 2. The grand lama and his evolution as the priest-god of Lhasa; 3. How the British mission came to be sent; 4. Forward! The peaceful mission becomes an armed force; 5. Invasion of the Chumbi valley across the Jelep pass and occupation of Phari fort; 6. Advance to Tuna on the Tibetan plateau, across the formidable Tang pass; 7. Wintering in Tibet; 8. On to Guru, with battle at the Crystal Springs; 9. The Tibetan army; 10. Dash on to Gyantse; 11. Gyantse, its fort and town; 12. Temples, priests, and convents of Gyantse; 13. Besieged at Gyantse; 14. Relief of Gyantse and storming of the Jong; 15. Gyantse to Lhasa; 16. Lhasa, 'the seat of the gods'; 17. Temples and monks in the hermit city; Appendices 1-17; Index.
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