Architecture of Tibet contains influences from neighboring regions but has many unique features brought about by its adaptation to the cold, generally...
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[dzoŋ˩˨]) architecture found mainly in Bhutan and Tibet. The architecture is massive in style with towering exterior walls surrounding a complex of courtyards...
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Tibet (/tɪˈbɛt/ ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 西藏; pinyin: Xizang), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East...
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overview of and topical guide to Tibet: Tibet is a plateau region in Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900...
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supported centuries of human, animal, and increasingly industrial traffic. Dzong architecture Driglam Namzha Architecture of Tibet "Country profile – Bhutan:...
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of Tibetan characters. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Hanyu Pinyin, is an autonomous region of the...
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Tibetan culture (redirect from Culture of Tibet)
known category of Tibetan literature outside of Tibet are the epic stories - particularly the famous Epic of King Gesar. Tibetan architecture contains Chinese...
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monastery built in Tibet which has a studied transition of temple architecture and Tibetan architecture. The monastery consists of halls, residence for...
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Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation...
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Tibetan Plateau (redirect from Plateau of Tibet)
Plateau, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or Qingzang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia...
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sinicization of Tibet includes the programs and laws of the government of the People's Republic of China to force cultural assimilation in Tibetan areas of China...
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Tibetan art (redirect from Art of Tibet)
Aniko or Anige (1245–1306), who worked in painting, sculpture and architecture in Tibet and China, but it remains uncertain if anything by him, rather than...
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wheel, along with two dragons, can be seen on nearly every temple in Tibet. Many of the houses and monasteries are typically built on elevated, sunny sites...
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Tibetans (redirect from List of Tibetan states)
communities of Tibetan Muslims and Christians. Tibetan Buddhism influences Tibetan art, drama and architecture, while the harsh geography of Tibet has produced...
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Araniko Architecture in Tibet Arunachal Pradesh Balti people Battle of Chamdo Battle of the Salween River Bhrikuti Bhutan British expedition to Tibet Bon...
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Norbulingka (category Palaces in Tibet)
palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s...
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Potala Palace (redirect from Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa)
of a museum in Tibet Autonomous Region, previously a palace of the Tibetan sovereign, the Dalai Lama, in the dzong-style, in Lhasa, capital of Tibet....
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from examples of Tibetan art to architectural design throughout history such as Tibetan doors and beams. In order to fill the museum the Tibet aristocracy...
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Ladakh (redirect from Indian tibet)
by the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east, the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh to the south, both the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and...
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Lhasa (redirect from Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region)
Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa...
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Religion in Tibet, China (estimates as of 2012) Tibetan Buddhism (78.5%) Bon (12.5%) Chinese folk religion and others (8.58%) Islam (0.4%) Christianity...
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This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the Tibet Autonomous Region for which there are Wikipedia articles. Chokorgyel...
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School Architecture of Tehran Architecture of Telangana Architecture of Texas Architecture of Thailand Architecture of Tibet Architecture of Tokyo Architecture...
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architecture or Nepalese architecture is a unique blend of artistic and practical considerations. Situated between the trade routes of India, Tibet and...
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Batter (walls) (redirect from Batter (architecture))
creation and part of Tibet's vernacular architecture. This style of batter wall architecture was the preferred style of construction for much of Inner-Asia,...
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Lhasa Great Mosque (category 18th-century establishments in Tibet)
Mosque (Chinese: 河坝林清真寺; pinyin: Hébàlín Qīngzhēn Sì), is a mosque in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The mosque was originally built in 1716. The mosque...
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Yeshe-Ö (category Lamas from Tibet)
in Tibet. Born as Khor-re, he is better known as Lhachen Yeshe-Ö, his spiritual name. Yeshe-Ö was the second king in the succession of the kingdom of Guge...
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Prostitution in Tibet is thought to have existed for centuries. Testimonies of its existence were provided by outside visitors in the first half of the twentieth...
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in 1970 in the Brutalist architecture style. The current director is Geshe Dorjee Damdul. Other Tibet Houses include: Tibet House Japan, founded in 1975...
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