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Page 136
... the month of May , the author's yak caravan marched at an elevation of 11,500 feet . This point was reached six days west of Labrang , on the trip to Radja . A PUBLIC MARKET BEFORE THE LABRANG MONASTERY Venders display their. 136.
... the month of May , the author's yak caravan marched at an elevation of 11,500 feet . This point was reached six days west of Labrang , on the trip to Radja . A PUBLIC MARKET BEFORE THE LABRANG MONASTERY Venders display their. 136.
Page 145
... LABRANG , ONE OF THE LARGEST MONAS- TERIES IN EASTERN TIBET These days at Labrang taught me much of this bleak , dusty , religious stronghold , 8,585 feet above the sea . To - day nearly 5,000 lamas live in this huge monastery . Its ...
... LABRANG , ONE OF THE LARGEST MONAS- TERIES IN EASTERN TIBET These days at Labrang taught me much of this bleak , dusty , religious stronghold , 8,585 feet above the sea . To - day nearly 5,000 lamas live in this huge monastery . Its ...
Page 146
... Labrang , who traveled widely in Mongolia and China and gath- ered much silver used in building this monastery . The big hall is unclean . After prayers the lamas are fed here , and the floor is thick with tea , rice gruel , and other ...
... Labrang , who traveled widely in Mongolia and China and gath- ered much silver used in building this monastery . The big hall is unclean . After prayers the lamas are fed here , and the floor is thick with tea , rice gruel , and other ...
Contents
An Expedition on the ChinaTibet Frontier to | 131 |
Sumatra A Ribbon of Color on the Equator 25 illustrations in color from autochromes | 186 |
Cirenaica | 325 |
Copyright | |
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