Three Kingdoms on the Roof of the World: Bhutan, Nepal, and Ladakh

by Robert Z. Apte

Book Overview

The beautiful photographs in this book draw us right into the heart of the traditional culture of this enchanted world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938077333
• ISBN13: 9780938077336
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Parallax Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A COMPARTATIVE TREATMENT OF THREE HIMALAYAN KINGDOMS

THIS IS A COMPARATIVE SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF BHUTAN, NEPAL AND LADAKH. IT IS THE ONLY BOOK OF THIS NATURE IN CIRCULATION. THROUGH IMPRESSIVE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERESTING TEXT IT DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN EACH OF THESE KINGDOMS: HISTORICALLY, IN RELIGION, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, IN ART, AND IN GOVERNMENT. ALTHOUGH NOT A TRAVEL GUIDE IT RELATES IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO VISITORS TO THIS ETHERIAL REALM