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The people of TibetBook 1928 • Bell, Charles Alfred
Tibetans • Asia > Central Asia
The author was the British political representative in Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim from 1904-1921. Bell knew the Tibetans well. This document contains information on the mode of life of peasants and shepherds, the robber class, the beggars, and the nobi...The religion of TibetBook 1931 • Bell, Charles Alfred
Tibetans • Asia > Central Asia
This book '...attempts to describe, firstly, how Buddhism, in a late and strange form, came to Tibet and was there developed to suit the needs of an exceptional country and people; and, secondly, how for several centuries and down to the present day,...