Trans-Himalaya
| Author | : Sven Anders Hedin |
| Publisher | : Macmillan Company of Canada |
| Total Pages | : 710 |
| Release | : 1909 |
| Genre | : Tibet (China) |
| ISBN | : |
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Trans-Himalaya – Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet (Vol. 1&2)
| Author | : Sven Hedin |
| Publisher | : Good Press |
| Total Pages | : 966 |
| Release | : 2023-12-27 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : |
Sven Hedin's monumental work, Trans-Himalaya Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet (Vol. 1&2), is a captivating exploration of the uncharted lands of Tibet and the Himalayas. Hedin's detailed accounts of his travels through these remote regions provide a vivid picture of the geography, history, and people he encountered. His descriptive prose and meticulous observations offer readers a rare glimpse into a world few have explored. The book is a valuable contribution to the genre of travel literature and serves as an important historical document of Hedin's time. As a renowned explorer and geographer, Hedin's literary style combines scientific precision with a sense of adventure and wonder, making his accounts both informative and engaging. The Trans-Himalaya series is a must-read for anyone interested in the exploration of Tibet and the Himalayas, as well as those fascinated by the life and work of Sven Hedin. Hedin's expertise and passion for exploration shine through in these volumes, making them a timeless and invaluable resource for scholars, travelers, and armchair adventurers alike.
Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet, Volume II of II
| Author | : Sven Anders Hedin |
| Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2020-09-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1465582614 |
Himalayan Buddhist Villages Environment, Resources, Society And Religion Life In Zagskar, Ladakh Eds.
| Author | : John Crook |
| Publisher | : Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
| Total Pages | : 1002 |
| Release | : 2001-12-31 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9788120812017 |
Preface, PART One: Introduction to the Philosophy of Navya-Nyaya, PART Two: Summaries of Works, Notes, Index.
Himalaya
| Author | : John Keay |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2022-11-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1632869454 |
"Excellent ... packed with information and interesting anecdotes."--The Washington Post A groundbreaking new look at Himalaya and how climate change is re-casting one of the world's most unique geophysical, historical, environmental, and social regions. More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, Himalaya embraces all of Tibet, plus six of the world's eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest peaks. It contains around 50,000 glaciers and the most extensive permafrost outside the polar region. 35% of the global population depends on Himalaya's freshwater for crop-irrigation, protein, and, increasingly, hydro-power. Over an area nearly as big as Europe, the population is scattered, often nomadic and always sparse. Many languages are spoken, some are written, and few are related. Religious allegiances are equally diverse. The region is also politically fragmented, its borders belonging to multiple nations with no unity in how to address the risks posed by Himalaya's environment, including a volatile, near-tropical latitude in which temperatures climb from sub-zero at night to 80°F by day. Himalaya has drawn an illustrious succession of admirers, from explorers, surveyors, and sportsmen, to botanists and zoologists, ethnologists and geologists, missionaries and mountaineers. It now sits seismically unstable, as tectonic plates continue to shift and the region remains gridlocked in a global debate surrounding climate change. Himalaya is historian John Keay's striking case for this spectacular but endangered corner of the planet as one if its most essential wonders. Without an other-worldly ethos and respect for its confounding, utterly fascinating features, John argues, Himalaya will soon cease to exist.
Trans-Himalayan Linguistics
| Author | : Thomas Owen-Smith |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2013-12-12 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 311031083X |
The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. This book brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region. The volume arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups; and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family. The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose genetic affiliation remains uncertain. This book will be of special interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as general linguists.
Bird Migration across the Himalayas
| Author | : Herbert H. T. Prins |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 491 |
| Release | : 2017-04-06 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1107114713 |
The first reference to demonstrate how birds survive the high-altitude Central Asian Flyway and the threats to this unique migration.
Trans-Himalayan Borderlands
| Author | : Dan Smyer Yü |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Ethnology |
| ISBN | : 9789462981928 |
This book explores the changes to native senses of place, the conception of border - simultaneously as limitations and opportunities - and what the authors call "affective boundaries," "livelihood reconstruction," and "trans-Himalayan modernities."
Handbook of Himalayan Ecosystems and Sustainability, Volume 1
| Author | : Bikash Ranjan Parida |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 397 |
| Release | : 2022-11-22 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1000784304 |
Volume 1: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Forests and Climate is aimed to describe the recent progress and developments of geospatial technologies (remote sensing and GIS) for assessing, monitoring and managing fragile Himalayan ecosystems and their sustainability under climate change. It is a collective research contribution from renowned researchers and academicians working in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range. The Himalayas ecosystems have been facing substantial transformation due to severe environmental conditions, land transformation, forest degradation and fragmentation. The authors utilized satellite datasets and algorithms to discuss the intricacy of land use/land cover change, forest and agricultural ecosystems, canopy height estimation, above-ground biomass, wildfires, carbon sequestration, and landscape restoration. Furthermore, the potential impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity and future food and nutritional security are also addressed including the impact on the livelihood of people of the Himalayas. This comprehensive Handbook explains the advanced geospatial technologies for mapping and management of natural resources of the Himalayas. Key Features Explains multiple aspects of geospatial technologies for studying fragile Himalayan ecosystems and sustainability Focuses on the utility of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) modeling for canopy height Explain how remote sensing techniques are useful for deriving the above-ground biomass, gross primary productivity (GPP), and carbon fluxes Addresses how geospatial technologies are valuable for understanding vegetation dynamics, composition and landscape restoration due to shifts in timberline and forest fires Includes contributions from global professionals working in the HKH mountain range Readership The Handbook serves as a valuable reference for students, researchers, scientists, ecologists, agricultural scientists, meteorologists, decision makers and all others who wish to advance their knowledge on vegetation remote sensing considering climate change in the HKH region.
Trans Himalayan Buddhism: Re-connecting Spaces, Sharing Concerns
| Author | : Ms Suchandana Chatterjee |
| Publisher | : KW Publishers Pvt Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2013-01-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9385714953 |
Trans-Himalayan Buddhism is not simply a cultural spectacle across spaces north and south, east and west of the Himalayas. It is also a subject of interactive behaviour among Buddhist communities who have been dispersed over the Kunlun mountains or the Kashgar markets that have been the meeting points of pilgrims, traders, merchants, envoys, military men, artists and scholar travelers. The northern reach of Buddhism is incomprehensible without reflections on shared histories and common concerns which the book tries to focus on. The ambit of Buddhist studies reflects not only the spiritual and philosophical domain of Buddhism but also a symbiotic relationship between the monastic establishment and protectors of cultural tradition-a trend that one sees in the context of Buddhist revivalist projects in Mongolia and Buryatia. The presence of a Buddhist order in the political realm has revived intellectual debates about the relationship between spiritual and temporal authority. The interface between South Asian and South East Buddhism on the one hand and Central Asian Buddhism on the other is also delicately balanced in Buddhist cultural discourse. The relevance of Buddhism in a globalized world has also given a new direction to the realm of Buddhist studies. This book takes into account the competing discourses of preservation and revival of Buddhism in the trans-Himalayan sector. It not only deals with the cultural ethos that Buddhism represents in this region but also the diverse Buddhist traditions that are strongly entrenched despite colonial intervention. Juxtaposed to the aesthetic variant is the extremely sensitive response of the Buddhist communities in India and Asiatic Russia centred round the issue of displacement. It is this issue of duality of common traditions and fractured identities that has been dealt with in the present volume.
