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Fakes, Delusions, or the Real Thing? Albert Grünwedel's Maps of Shambhala.

The explorer Albert Grünwedel's Tibetan maps of Shambhala are a controversial and contested part of the history of the exploration of the Silk Routes. In the early 1900s Albert Grünwedel collected material related to archaeological sites at Kucha and Turfan including several Tibetan maps of the regi...

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Published in:Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 140; no. 2; pp. 273 - 287
Main Author: VAN SCHAIK, SAM
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA) Apr-Jun2020
Subjects:
Silk Road
Shambhala
Pilgrims & pilgrimages
Buddhism
Archaeology
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost