In this audio tour, discover Tibetan Buddhist and Western traveler’s impressions of Tibet and its monuments through excerpts from historical Tibetan texts and pilgrimage guide books, along with late 19th to early 20th-century Western travel accounts.
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Introduction to Monumental Lhasa
Tashilhunpo Monastery
Potala Palace, Southern Face
View of Lhasa with Jokhang Temple Pa-dma Ri-mo-mkhan
The Demoness of Tibet
Scenes from The Life of The Fifth Dalai Lama
Documenting Monasteries
Samye Monastery
Perspective Drawing of Early Twentieth-Century Lhasa
Lhasa with the Potala Palace and Jokhang
The Potala and Surroundings