ALCHI: Ladakh’s Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary (2 Volumes) Volume I: Choskhor Volume II: The Sumtsek

Author: PREVIEW NOW SHARE ALCHI: Ladakh’s Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary (2 Volumes) Volume I: Choskhor Volume II: The Sumtsek Roger Goepper (Author)Christian Luczanits (Author)Jaroslav Poncar (Photography

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 840

Release Date: 01-12-2021

Details: The monastic complex of Alchi is undoubtedly one of the most important and fascinating monuments preserved in the Himalayas. With its earliest monuments dating from the late twelfth to the mid-thirteenth centuries, it provides unique insight into the Buddhist culture flourishing at that time. Through a detailed analysis of the architecture, sculptures and murals in their context, their interrelationship to each other and to Tibetan textual sources likely known at the time the publication offers a deeper understanding of the monuments religious

EAN: 9781932476972

Languages: English