{"product_id":"the-light-of-kailash-a-history-of-zhang-zhung-and-tibet-volume-three-later-period-tibet-paperback","title":"The Light of Kailash. A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet: Volume Three. Later Period: Tibet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChögyal Namkhai Norbu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonatella Rossi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eNancy Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis summa of Ch gyal Namkhai Norbu's researches is dedicated first and foremost to his fellow countrymen and women and to Tibetan youth in particular. The text was originally conceived as a set of university lectures that Ch gyal Namkhai Norbu was invited to give at the University of Nationalities in Beijing in 1988, forming a first abridged version of \u003cem\u003eThe Light of Kailash\u003c\/em\u003e subsequently enlarged by the author after further research; the manuscript through meticulous selection and a critical use and analysis of a vast array of literary and frequently unpublished sources became a work of 1,900 pages divided in three volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first volume, \"The Early Period, the History of Ancient Zhang Zhung,\" considers the rise of early human generations and the Bon lineages of ancient Zhang Zhung, its dynasties, language, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second volume, \"The History of the Intermediate Period: Tibet and Zhang Zhung,\" is focused upon human generations, the Bonpo lineages, the spread of Bon during the lifetimes of the first Tibetan monarchs, the dynasties, written language, and civilization of ancient Tibet, as well as upon the reigns of specific kings, the Bon religion, and Bonpo religious figures (Dran-pa Nam-mkha' in particular) of Zhang Zhung during that period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third volume, \"The History of the Later Period: Tibet,\" is concerned with an assessment of the genealogies, Bonpo lineages, royal dynasties (from the first monarch gNya'-khri bTsan-po until the forty-fifth monarch Khri-dar-ma 'U-dum-btsan), language, and civilization of Tibet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis amazing trilogy, aptly named \u003cem\u003eThe Light of Kailash, \u003c\/em\u003eoffers an open, daring, holistic, unbiased approach to the study of the cultural and spiritual heritage of Tibet and to the understanding of the origin of this fascinating and endangered civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53354947346797,"sku":"9788878341456","price":54.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/U2VDZEo0bWxNNEM3eHd6TFhTUEpUdz09.webp?v=1779234806","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-light-of-kailash-a-history-of-zhang-zhung-and-tibet-volume-three-later-period-tibet-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}