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Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World

byJohn Keay

Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the north, and, from the east, China continues to absorb what it prefers not to call Tibet. Himalaya combines archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of history and political science, Himalaya explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. Himalaya emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781632869432