Shangri-La
Shangri-La

Author: Michael Buckley

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781841622040

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Appealing to the adventure traveler or armchair reader who simply wishes to browse and dream, this guide promises to lead them into the glorious reality and breathtaking landscapes of the Himalayas.

Himalayan Architecture
Himalayan Architecture

Author: Ronald M. Bernier

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780838636022

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This broad treatment of architecture throughout the region of the Himalaya mountains is the first book of its kind. The author has based this study on many years of research in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, and the Darjeeling area of northeast India, northern Pakistan, and Himachal Pradesh in India's northwest. These areas make up an artistic and, to some degree, a cultural unit. It is unique and definable for its design qualities as well as its use of materials. Dramatic and lofty structures rise as towering palaces and as temples dedicated to Hindu and Buddhist ideals. The impact of neighboring Tibet and India is often evident in the art, but other influences are found as well. The area has not been isolated, as some studies suggest, but was in fact always linked to the rest of Asia and to the West by means of the Silk Road, at least since the second century B.C. This study progresses from east to west, beginning in the foothills of India's Assam. It is richly illustrated with photographs, most of which are the author's or his wife's, and many of the photographs are published here for the first time. The archives of the Archaeological Survey of India and the Department of Archaeology of His Majesty's Government of Nepal are also used here.

The Dreamland
The Dreamland

Author: Mohd Hamza

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2019-06-25

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1645468372

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Ladakh – a world away from anything else in India. This isolated, high-altitude desert, crowned by the majestic Himalayas, is scenically stunning and unforgettable. Stark mountain sceneries, mesmerizing canyons and old monasteries unfold this great Himalayan region. It is a land that boasts a limited population – predominantly the disarmingly friendly Ladakhis – that enjoy the mountain dweller life. It is an escape to a life that moves at its own pace – regardless of the world – and is spinning its own tale. It’s the perfect place to take your soul on a vacation where it can get lost and thrive magnificently. Hamza takes you on a journey through the divine scenery of Ladakh. He will help you close your eyes and imagine sipping delicious tea in the mountains. This book is the perfect, comprehensive guide that will delight the travel bug sitting in your head. It will make your mind and soul want to take a break and visit the mighty land of the snow leopard.

Himalayan Verve in Verse
Himalayan Verve in Verse

Author: B.D Kala

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13:

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Himalayan Verve in Verse is a compilation of poems composed by Late B.D. Kala. The poems allude to the folksy fervour of Himalayan oral poetry that is at once modest and beautiful, devoid of any excessive refinement or a pompous show of knowledge and mind-boggling mysticism. These are songs, as old as hills, genuinely simple and sincere, that every mind and heart secretly seeks to sink. In short, the anthology is intended as an addition to the ever-widening basket of Indo-Anglian poetry.

Nagaland : The Land of Sunshine
Nagaland : The Land of Sunshine

Author: Kiranshankar Maitra

Publisher: Anjali Publishers

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 8189620924

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Nagaland :The Land of Sunshine Kiranshankar Maitra There are perhaps many a books written on Nagaland, but “Nagaland : The land of Sunshine” is not just yet another addition to that list . This particular volume presents a comprehensive picture of present day Nagaland with its historical description and various Naga tribes, their customs, rites and rituals, social systems, head-hunting, marriage and moral, arts and crafts, dialects, status of women in society, underground rebel Nagas and emergence of the NSCN, strife, modern Nagas with sunlight and shade, folk songs and tales, laying special emphasis on their colourful festivals which still today vibrate the hills and forests and vigourous, yet intrinsic qualities, despite the foreign missionaries injecting the spirit of their gospel among the people. The author who had been in Nagaland for a long time and travelled extensively, gathered an intimate knowledge about myriad tribes, gives a graphic description with a unique and exquisitely interesting style.