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Mustang was once a Tibetan kingdom in the Himalaya, and is now a district in Nepal on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Until the border was closed by the Chinese army in 1962 there was constant trade and social and religious interaction between Mustang and Tibet. The closing of the border meant that Mustang lost that interaction with its Tibetan source, but it also meant that Mustang, within the state of Nepal, was spared the depredations visited on Tibet during the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. The art and architecture of Mustang's Buddhist temples survived, whilst in Tibet much was lost.
This is a study of the architecture of Mustang, based on measured surveys and photographs of villages, houses and religious building made from 1993.
-- extracted from the Foreword
Mustang Building: Tibetan Temples and Vernacular Architecture in Nepal Himalaya, John Harrison, Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions and Culture, 396 pp, $75.00
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CONTENTS: Mustang Building
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Foreword
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1.
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Introduction
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personal travel, journey from south
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early visitors, studies, architectural research
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2.
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Land and People
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31
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Mustang, Himalayan geology
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physical, climate, population, economy
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3.
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Mustang History
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43
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Mustang prehistory, archeology
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Tibet in Mustang, empire, Buddhism
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Tibetan architecture
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Lo and South
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4.
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Settlement
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51
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location, function, form
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historical development, caves
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settlement studies
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Lo Manthang
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5.
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Building Construction
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materials
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building process
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elements
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6.
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House
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167
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castle, palace, house studies
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characteristics
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neighbouring areas
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historical development
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house and dwelling
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7.
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Sacred Building
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253
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sacred landscape, mani, chorten
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Tibetan temples
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temple, monastery studies
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Afterword
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363
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Acknowledgements
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367
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Endnotes
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370
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Glossary
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380
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Bibliography
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384
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Index
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392
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