China's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism - Hardcover

Baumer, Christoph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848857004 ISBN 13: 9781848857001

Verlag: I.B. Tauris, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

'China's Holy Mountain' is both a splendid introduction to the history of Buddhism in East Asia and an evocative and lavishly-illustrated gazetteer of the monasteries and sacred artefacts themselves. It will be an indispensable resource for students of Asian religion and philosophy, with further appeal to general readers.

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Christoph Baumer is a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia, Tibet and the Caucasus and the author of many well-received books in the fields of history, religion, archaeology and travel. These include, among others, The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity (2006), Traces in the Desert: Journeys of Discovery across Central Asia (2008), China's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism (2011) and the seminal History of Central Asia in four volumes (2012-2018), all published by I.B.Tauris.

Dr Baumer is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Senior Research Fellow at the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Explorers' Club, New York, the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Percy Sykes Medal, awarded to him by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in 2015.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: I.B. Tauris
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848857004
• ISBN 13: 9781848857001
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
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