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A Buddhist pilgrim at the shrines of Tibet

T͡Sybikov, G. T͡S. (Gonbochzhab T͡Sėbekovich), 1873-1930, author, Sollins, Marybeth, editor

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\"Tsybikov was the first scholar with a European education to visit Tibet and describe its monasteries and temples as an eyewitness traveler and an objective researcher. Tsybikov had two distinct advantages: an ethnic Buryat he could travel as a Buddhist pilgrim and thus have a chance of reaching its mysterious capital Lhasa, the religious and political center of Tibet, which was barred to outsiders, especially Europeans; as a scholar educated at a European university he had the historical and linguistic background to understand and describe what he saw. Tsybikov understood the secretive nature of the lama state and was careful to hide his work as a researcher. It was his journal that became the basis of A Buddhist Pilgrim at the Shrines of Tibet, which has both the vividness of a traveller's eyewitness account and the informed detachment of a scholar. As a record of both religious practices and the everyday life in Tibet before Chinese inroads during the twentieth century effaced that way of life, Tsybikov's book is a unique and invaluable snapshot of a lost culture\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Brill
• Subject: T͡Sybikov, G. T͡S. 1873-1930 Travel China Tibet Autonomous Region. / Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages China Tibet Autonomous Region History. / Buddhist shrines China Tibet Autonomous Region History. / Buddhist monasteries China Tibet Autonomous Region History. / Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religious life and customs. / Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Social life and customs. / Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Description and travel. / Lhasa (China) Description and travel.
• ISBN: 9789004335769

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BQ7915.T5 T7813 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE