East of Lo Monthang
Splendours of a Himalayan Kingdom
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1998
Tauris Parke (Verlag)
978-1-86064-094-0 (ISBN)
Tauris Parke (Verlag)
978-1-86064-094-0 (ISBN)
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Peter Matthiessen and Tom Laird were the first Westerners to venture in to the valley of Sao Kohla for 30 years. Their expedition crossed arid plateaux and rivers to reach precariously perched monasteries. This book reveals their journey in the unknown land.
In its heyday (1400-1600), the kingdom of Lo dominated the Kali Gandaki River trade between India and Tibet. By the 18th century, Lo had lost control over this trade and had been incorporated into the modern Kingdom of Nepal. Isolated deep in the Himalayas, Lo's hereditary Rajas retained most of their feudal powers and the area remained closed to the outside world until 1991. In the spring of 1992, author Peter Matthiessen and photographer Tom Laird travelled deep in the secret valley of Sao Kohla, tucked high in the northernmost reaches of the Himalayas. They were the first Westerners to venture there in 30 years. From the central city of Lo Monthang, known as "Mustang", Matthiessen and Laird, with an entourage of attendants and horsemen, began an expedition across arid plateaux and through narrow river chasms to reach precariously perched monasteries. They camped among nomad herdsmen who spent nights guarding their goats from predatory snow leopards. This book reveals an unknown land where peaks five miles high cast their shadows over the deepest canyon in the world and where mountain nomads spend their lives herding their flocks across desolate slopes and through desert valleys.
In its heyday (1400-1600), the kingdom of Lo dominated the Kali Gandaki River trade between India and Tibet. By the 18th century, Lo had lost control over this trade and had been incorporated into the modern Kingdom of Nepal. Isolated deep in the Himalayas, Lo's hereditary Rajas retained most of their feudal powers and the area remained closed to the outside world until 1991. In the spring of 1992, author Peter Matthiessen and photographer Tom Laird travelled deep in the secret valley of Sao Kohla, tucked high in the northernmost reaches of the Himalayas. They were the first Westerners to venture there in 30 years. From the central city of Lo Monthang, known as "Mustang", Matthiessen and Laird, with an entourage of attendants and horsemen, began an expedition across arid plateaux and through narrow river chasms to reach precariously perched monasteries. They camped among nomad herdsmen who spent nights guarding their goats from predatory snow leopards. This book reveals an unknown land where peaks five miles high cast their shadows over the deepest canyon in the world and where mountain nomads spend their lives herding their flocks across desolate slopes and through desert valleys.
Wings of daybreak; ghost-eaters and border towns; Himalayan rain shadow; saligrams; the three treasures; track of jackal, print of snowcock; the precariousness of life; silent mountains; Sao Gompa; Mehti and snow leopard; Lo Monthang; "like a hidden valley"; Raja Jigme; the Tiji ceremony; Champa temple; the temples of Lo Monthang; the demon's red remnants.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.1998 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Thomas Laird |
| Zusatzinfo | colour halftones throughout |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 242 x 310 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Bildbände ► Asien |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86064-094-X / 186064094X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86064-094-0 / 9781860640940 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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