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


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