Author: DEBORAH E. KLIMBURG-SALTER, CHRISTIAN LUCZANITS
Title: Tabo. A lamp for the kingdom : early Indo Tibetan Buddhist art in the western Himalaya
Description: Skira, 1997. Pp: 279. The monastery of Tabo lies in Northern India in the secluded Spiti Valley, which was at one time part of the Kingdom of Western Tibet. Founded in 996 Tabo is the oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in India and the Himalayas. Its historical role as an intermediary between India and Tibet and the extraordinary beauty of its frescoes make it a place of unique importance. Tabo played a pivotal role in the history of Buddhism in the tenth and eleventh centuries, when Tibetan monks and Indian pandits studied together and translated scripture from Sanskrit into Tibetan. Debora Klimburg-Salter, who has published widely on this period, describes the art, iconography, and rituals of Tabo with the aid of more than 200 photographs, plans, and diagrams. ISBN: 9788881182091. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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