THE SILK ROUTE AND THE DIAMOND PATH; ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART ON THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADE ROUTES.

Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E. Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Frits Saal, Michel Strickmann, Chogyam Trungpa (essays). Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery; Asia Society Gallery; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Published by Los Angeles, CA: Published under the sponsorship of the UCLA Art Council, 1982.

About this Item

256 pages. Paperback: H 28cm x L 23.25cm. Gold paper covers have usual strong rubbing with some scuffing and slight wear at edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. With color plates, b/w illustrations, Foreword, Preface, Editor's Note, Glossary of Sanskrit and Other Names and Terms, Bibliography. Text divided into "Section One-Introductory Essays" (including "Introduction: The Art of Western Himalaya in Historical Perspective;" "The Setting: The Western Trans-Himalayan Crossroads" by Maximilian Klimburg; "The Himalayas and the Fall of Religion" by Frits Saal; "India in the Chinese Looking-Glass" by Michel Strickmann; "Buddhism in North India and the Western Himalayas-Seventh to Thirteenth Centuries" by David L. Snellgrove) and "Section Two-Art and Ritual.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SILK ROUTE AND THE DIAMOND PATH; ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART ON THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN TRADE ROUTES.
• Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: Published under the sponsorship of the UCLA Art Council, 1982.
• Binding: Soft cover
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