Tibet: the Country and Its Inhabitants [Hardcover]

Tibet is a place of mystic Buddhism, conserved into its own cult, with its generic Bodpa inhabitants in one unity of manners and language. Tibet occupies the most enormous and highest mass of mountains, and broadly divided into two regions - is full of lakes and rivers. The graceful river of Brahmaputra receives the life-blood here in the glan of sporting fountains to serpent the longest earth up through the Indian inviting plains. Graceful Tibet resides on the roof of the world with her inhabitants, cultured to bespeak of innocent godliness and the diseaseless beauty. More often, it seems a land, high on the world, of angels and angel-ladies. Dilapidated, though, in recent years, by the insincere and non-authoritative aggression of feded red China the mountainous living of the people has increased in adverse conditions, the richness of religion and customs has braved them, the angels, to assert their non-violent and peaceful proclaims more distinctively for non-controversial democratic liberty, under the policy and administration head, clergy Dalai Lama. No doubt, today this peace-land though controversial, has made a strong stir of curiosity about her across the world. This condition has brought a two-fold boon to the land: the majority between the Poles stands curious about these non-violent people seeking their autonomy suddenly increasing the turns of Tourism, and secondly, embrace her cause more opinion fully and determinatively. The comprehensive work, of art and study, into two parts, opens upon this pious land, and the contours and recesses of nature and angelic world of this land, in all dimensions, are vivid in the light of search and study. The first part like a tale of unknowingness starts to amaze the readers with vivid accounts. In this part, the author makes a journey through the in-parts of the land meeting with and providing the inmost accounts that is possible only if one interacts with people to people, place to place and finally as a whole of Tibet. The second part introduces Tibet as a nation with its own people and culture, and other tangible systems and affairs needful for a successful run of a state, viz. economy, administration, politics etc. The readers from all parts of the world will find it a good resource on Tibet, the homeland of peaceful Buddhist people. About The Author:- F. Genard, a leading Budhist Scholar of International repute. Contents:- Contents, Preface, PART–I, THE STORY OF THE JOURNEY, 1. First Explorations in North-western Tibet and Ladak, From Khotan to the Tibetan frontier—Across the plateau of, UpperAsia—Fresh departure from Khotan and fresh ascent, of the plateau—The firstTibetans—The old route from Khotan to, Lhasa— From Lake Rgaye Horpa Cho to Lake Pangong—, From Lake Pangong to Leh—From Leh to Khotan through the, Karakoram Pass, 2. March on Lhasa—The Mountain Desert—The Nam Cho—, Negotiations with the Tibetan Officials, We go in search of a new route to Lhasa to the south of, Cherchen We reach the extreme point known to the, natives— We cross the Akka Tagh—The Dutreuil de Rhins, Chain—Again the mountain desert—We meet our first man, after sixty-one days’march—The Tibetans try to stop us—, The prefect of Senja Jong—The Nam Cho or Tengri Nor—First, envoys from Lhasa–Arrival of the Chinese vice-legate and of, new delegates from the Tibetan government—We are refused, permission to go to Lhasa—We are given leave to stay at, Nagchu, 3. Explorations of 1894—From The Nam Cho to Jye-rkund, From the Nam Cho to Nagchu; the sources of the Salwen—, Nagchu–We set out for Sining–Basin of the Upper Salwen;, an unkown route from Lhasa to Tasienlu—The Ponbo Tibetans—, Sources of the Blue River—Sources of the Mekong—Tachi, Gompa; hostile monks; a great Tibetan fair—The exploration, of the basin of the Upper Mekong continued—Jyerkundo;, hostility of the monks; the agents of the Chinese government, 9, 13, 33, 73, 6 Tibet : The Country and its Inhabitants, 4. From Jyerkundo To Sining—Death of Dutreuil De Rhins, The village of Tumbumdo—Our caravan is attacked and, pillaged by Tibetans and Dutreuil de Rhins killed—A useless, combat—The convent of Labug takes our part against the, people of Tumbumdo—Intervention of the Chinese agent—, I leave for Sining; a deserted and unexplored country; the, Golok bandits; the Upper Yellow River— Our provisions, fail—The Koko Nor; Tongkor—Sining; the Imperial Legate;, our baggage is restored tous—The monastery of Skubum, PART–II, A GENERAL VIEW OF TIBET, AND ITS INHABITANTS, 5. A Description of The Country As A Whole, The region of the lakes—The region of the rivers, 6. The Inhabitants : Their Physical and Moral Types, Statistics; ethnical name of the Tibetans—Physical, characteristics—Moral characteristics, 7. Historical Sketch, Origins of the Tibetan people—The chief tribes in the sixth, century A.D., according to the Chinese writers—The first, Tibetan kingdom between the seventh and the ninth, centuries—Struggles between the civil power and the, religious power, 8. Material Life : Habitations, Clothing, Food, Hygiene and, Medicine, Tents—Houses—Clothing—Food—Climate, hygiene, and medicine, 9. The Family, Solidity and extension of the Tibetan family, compared with, the Turkic family and the Mongolian family—Marriage;, polyandry: Tibetan polyandry is only a form of patriarchism—, Condition of the women—Amusements, 113, 157, 161, 167, 175, 183, CONTENTS:- 7, 10. Social Organisation, Aristocratic organisation of society, stability of social, conditions, hereditary character of the professions—Nobles, and commoners, 11. Economic Conditions : Cattle-breeding, Agriculture, Manufactures, Social conditions of economic development—Physical, conditions—Agriculture—Cattle-breeding—Hunting—, Mines Manufactures, 12. Economic Conditions (Concluded) : Commerce and Roads, The Tibetan’s small capacity for commerce—The great trade, is in the hands of the monks and the chief land-owners;, organisation of trade—Roads to China; to India—Tibet’s, trade with China—The markets of Likiangfu and Tongking—, Tibet’s trade with British India; with other countries—The, currency, 13. Religion : Survival of Old Forms of Worship—The Ponbos, Dogmatics of Buddhism in general and of Tibetan Buddhism, in particular—How the original principles of Buddhism have, become degraded and distorted—Cult of the dead, of ancestors, and of the domestic hearth—Remains of the old worship, of natural phenomena; gods and demons—the Ponbo, sect, which has remained faithful to the primitive religion—, True character and role of Buddhism in Tibet, 14. The Organisation of The Clergy, The monastic hierarchy—The number, power and wealth of, the monks—The different religious orders; the real position, of the Dalai Lama; the Dalai Lama is not a pope, 15. Administration and Policy, Divisions: the kingdom of Lhasa—Central power; taxes;, officials—The public forces—Predominating influence of the, clergy in the government—The Chinese protectorate and, the policy of China in Tibet—The policy of England—The, principalities and tribes of Eastern Tibet are independent of, Lhasa and directly subject to China., Index, 195, 199, 207, 221, 239, 247, 267 The Title 'Tibet: the Country and Its Inhabitants written/authored/edited by F. Genard', published in the year 2009. The ISBN 9788121210249 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 280 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Tibetology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-