A Survey of Bonpo Monasteries and Temples in Tibet and the Himalaya
Karmay, Samten G. & Nagano, Yasuhiko (Eds.)
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Book ID : 33100
ISBN-10 : 81-86561-03-X / 818656103X
ISBN-13 : 978-81-86561-03-4 / 9788186561034
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2008
Edition : (First Indian Edition)
Language : English
iv, 883p., 219 B/W Plts., 47+2 Fold. Maps, 25 cm. (Bon Studies 7)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
This book is an outcome of General Survey of Monasteries, Temples and Hermitages of the Bon religion, known as gYung drung Bon. It contain the result of the field work done by the team of scholars of National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Japan headed by Dr. Yasuhiko Nagano & Dr. Samten G.Karmay. Such concrete & detailed description of the Bonpo Monasteries & people, based on extensive field work, has never before appeared since the beginning of Tibetology. The field survey of actual conditions of Bon Culture was conducted in TAR, Tibet areas in China, India & Nepal. The four scholars who surveyed the monasteries temples and hermitage reached at the conclusion that the Monastic System in the Bon tradition goes back upto the eleventh century, when the Buddhists began to re-establish their monasteries. This publication will prove to be significant milestone for future studies of Tibetan Culture.
