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Harrison, John, Luczanits, Christian, Ramble, Charles and Drandul, Nyima, eds. (2018) A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal. Kathmandu: Vajra Books.

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Abstract

In Nepal’s Mustang District, on the right bank of the Kali Gandaki river facing the large settlement of Tshug (Chusang), is a low hill known as Gönpa Gang, the “convent ridge.” Standing on the ridge are the remains of a Buddhist site, Künzang Chöling. Until recently, nothing was known about the building beyond the fact that it had once been a nunnery, and it is hard now to imagine that a local ruler in the 17th century, awed by its majestic proportions and its exquisite paintings, exclaimed that it was “the jewel in the crown of the realm.” This book brings to light a forgotten gem of Nepal’s architectural and artistic heritage, while the archives of the community offer a window onto the lives of the lama who built it “as a blessing for the land,” and of the nuns for whom it was a centre of spiritual activity for almost three centuries.

Item Type: Edited Book or Journal Volume
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of Arts > Department of the History of Art & Archaeology
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DS Asia
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture
N Fine Arts > ND Painting
ISBN: 9789937928823
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2019 08:27
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/31294
Related URLs: https://www.vaj ... n-mustang-nepal
Funders: Other

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