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Title:
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Mustang a lost tibetan kingdom
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Authors:
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Peissel, Michel, Author
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Material Type:
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printed text
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Publisher:
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Futura Publication Limited, 1968
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ISBN (or other code):
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708815898
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Size:
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332p. / Illus. Photos
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General note:
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Section Nepal
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Languages:
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English
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Original Language:
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English
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Class number:
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910 (Géographie et voyages)
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Descriptors:
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Récit de voyage
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Keywords:
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Mysterious and exotic in the world
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Abstract:
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On tge roof of the world, north of Nepal and surrounded on three sides by Tibet, lies th tiny kingdom of Mustang. Michel Peissel led a varavan on a fifteen-day journey over the Himalayas to reach Lo Mantang, Mustang'swalled capital- and foud himself ina a medieval world where the wheel is not used, the earth is believed flat and polyandry is practised.
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Contents note:
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The Mule Gun is on the Yak;Great Peaks and Little Blisters;Trail to Tibet;Even Great Lamas have Fleas;Castles in the Clouds;Tibetan Warlords;Demons at the Gate;Mediaeval Reception;Walls of Lo Mantang;All the King'sMen;The Buddha who is next to come...
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