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Labrang Monastery :

Nietupski, Paul Kocot, 1950-

Labrang Monastery : a Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012. - 1 online resource (306 pages). - Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture . - Studies in modern Tibetan culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-261) and index.

Amdo : an overview -- Tibetan religions in Amdo -- Labrang's society -- Growth and development : the evolution of Labrang Monastery -- Twentieth-century Labrang -- Visions and realities at Labrang.

This book is a social and political history of Labrang Monastery, located in Tibet's Amdo and China's Gansu Province. It includes a study of the religious heritage of the region and its interactions with surrounding ethnic groups and political powers.

English.

ISBN: 9780739164457 0739164457

Standard No.: 9786613911940

Source: 391194 MIL

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015768298 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Bla-brang Bkra-shis-ʼkhyil (Xiahe Xian, China)--History.
Bla-braṅ Bkra-śis-ʼkhyil (Xiahe Xian, China)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1709-1958.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
Civilization.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Amdo (China : Region)--Civilization.
China--Amdo (Region)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BQ6349.L34 / N55 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 951.45