Adventures Of A Tibetan Fighting Monk
by Hugh Richardson
Book · Trade Paperback · 1986 · Condition: very good
$24.20
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About this book
Adventures of a Tibetan Fighting Monk, the life story of Tashi Khedrup, a dob-dob or 'fighting monk' of old Tibet, presented by Hugh Richardson and published by The Tamarind Press in 1986 in its Asian Portraits series. It follows him from a rural childhood into one of the great monasteries and through the Chinese takeover to exile in India. Richardson (1905-2000) was the British diplomat and Tibetologist who served in Lhasa.
Seller's notes
Preowned book with wear and signs of use
- Author
- Hugh Richardson
- Publisher
- The Tamarind Press
- Year
- 1986
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Tibet (China) -- Biography; Buddhist monks -- Tibet
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