Along the Kali Gandaki: The Ancient Salt Route in Western Nepal: The Thakalis, Bon dKar and Lamaist Monasteries
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1st ed.
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8173030219
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162p.
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A true cultural heritage of the Tamang Thakali lies buried in the dilapidating clan shrines, Bon shrines, Buddhist and Bon dKar Lamaist, Gompas, Kaka-ni, Mani walls, Choten, Kangyur chapel and holy frescoes which can still be encountered in profusion along the ancient Salt Route of the Upper Kali Gandaki Region in western Nepal. The religious, cultural and economic dominance of Tibet helped the Tamang Thakali transform their tribal existence into a highly ...
