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Book Description
About the Book: A Mountain in Tibet
A classic book from the great travel writer/historian, author ofPLAIN TALES FROM
THE RAJ, first published by Abacus in1983.
Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountainatthe centre of the
world, where four rivers have theirsource.Charles Allen traces this legend to
Western Tibet wheretherestands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike
as thehomeof their gods and the navel of the world. Close by are thesourcesof
four mighty rivers: the sacred Ganges, the Indus, theSutlej
andTsangpo-Brahmaputra.
For centuries Kailas remained an enigma to the outsideworld.Then a succession of
remarkable men took up the challengeofpenetrating the hostile, frozen wastelands
beyond theWesternHimalayas, culminating
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780349139388
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Abacus
Publishing Date 2013
Product Edition 1