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... Tibetan saying , monasteries should be neither too close nor too far from a village , and the same applies to campsites . The ... Tibet and northern India . This brought the Gurkhas into conflict with the British , and after a series of ...
... Tibetan saying , monasteries should be neither too close nor too far from a village , and the same applies to campsites . The ... Tibet and northern India . This brought the Gurkhas into conflict with the British , and after a series of ...
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... Tibetan - drains a finger of land that projects into Tibet ; in fact , the valley was part of Tibet until in 1961 it was ceded to Nepal in ex- change for other land . One ministry said that the Kang Chu was open to foreigners , another ...
... Tibetan - drains a finger of land that projects into Tibet ; in fact , the valley was part of Tibet until in 1961 it was ceded to Nepal in ex- change for other land . One ministry said that the Kang Chu was open to foreigners , another ...
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... Tibet , David - Neel's Magic and Mystery in Tibet , and others , and I peruse these , gaining knowledge of a religion which has much to teach the Western mind . Peter also encourages me to compose haiku . To evoke an image with ...
... Tibet , David - Neel's Magic and Mystery in Tibet , and others , and I peruse these , gaining knowledge of a religion which has much to teach the Western mind . Peter also encourages me to compose haiku . To evoke an image with ...
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ahead altitudes animals behavior bharal Bhote Kosi blue sheep boulders camp canyon Chitral Chitral Gol cliffs climb clouds crest cubs dark descend dhole Dolpo feet female forest Gilgit glacier gorge grass Gyaltsen habitat halt head herd hills Himalaya Himalayan tahr Hindu Hindu Kush horns hunting Hunza ibex India Indus Jang-bu Karakoram Karchat Kashmir Khan Kilik Pass kill lama Lapche leave livestock loads look males Marco Polo sheep markhor miles Misgar monastery morning mountains nearby Nepal night Nilgiri tahr once Pakistan pass peaks Pervez Peter Phu-Tsering plateau porters rams range reached remain ridge Ringmo river road rock route sheep and goats Sherpas Shey Skardu slopes snow leopard soon species stone Tarakot tent Tibet Tibetan tiger trail trees trip tsampa urial valley vanished village walk walls watched wild goat wildlife wind winter wolves yaks young