Nako: Research and Conservation in the Western Himalayas

The settlement of Nako, at 3,700 m altitude in Upper Kinnaur, North India, and close to the Tibetan border was once part of the Western Tibetan Purang-Guge Kingdom. Today it is a remarkable well preserved mountainous village with living Buddhist cultural heritage. Apart from its breath-taking cultural landscape setting embedded in the Himalayan mountains, it is important for its temple complex dating from the 12th century which is considered as an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3205202678
• ISBN13: 9783205202677
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bohlau Verlag
• Length: 374 Pages