The ancient Tibetan civilization : studies in myth, religion, and history of Tibet /
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Author / Creator: | Tshe-dbaṅ-rgyal-po, 1965- |
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Edition: | First Edition |
Imprint: | Dharamshala, India : Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2022. ©2022 |
Description: | xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13377999 |
Summary: | How interesting it is to realize that the lifestyle we live, beliefs and faith we live by and the language we converse in, all has its own distinct history of origination and how it has evolved and progressed over time to become everything present today. The book is a marvelous attempt to understand ones own civilization enlightening the path to startling revelation on How did Tibetan civilization came about?. The widely popularized Tibetan origin myth of The Monkey and the Ogress is it really true? Did Tibet really had its first king descended from the sky? How is Tibetan scripts so similar to the Gupta Brahmi script? This book leaves no stone unturned to fill this grey area on the dawn of Tibetan civilization and intrigues the readers to deliberate over the subject. This book explicitly debunks popular mythologies, misconceptions and misinformation surrounding the origination and evolution of Tibetan civilization. |
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Physical Description: | xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-214) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789390752720 9390752728 |