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Journey to Mustang (Bibliotheca Himalayica)
Journey to Mustang - Bibliotheca Himalayica Author:Giuseppe Tucci In the second edition of his travalogue of an exploratory journey through this high Himalayan region of western Nepal in 1952, the renowned linguist and Tibetologist, Giuseppe Tucci, describes his experiences and discoveries as the first 20th-century western scholar to travel through the region. His account preserves an invaluable record of the ... more »art, culture, social and religious practices of the Tibetan inhabitants of Mustang, prior to the inevitable changes that have since occurred to them and their environment, with the intrusion of the modern world and regional politics into this ancient land.« less