Islam and Tibet

Islam and Tibet
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 0754669564
ISBN-13 : 9780754669562
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Download or read book Islam and Tibet written by Anna Akasoy and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first encounters between the Islamic world and Tibet took place in the course of the expansion of the Abbasid Empire in the eighth century. The significance of these interactions has been long ignored in scholarship. These papers explore for the first time the multi-layered contacts between the Islamic world, Central Asia and the Himalayas from the eighth century until the present day in a variety of fields including art history, history of science, literature, archaeology, and anthropology.


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