| Altai-Himalaya |  | Author: Nicholas Roerich
Publisher: Books Faith,India
Category: Book
Buy New: $98.12
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Sales Rank: 1628848
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 407
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 8173030448
EAN: 9788173030444
ASIN: 8173030448
Publication Date: June 1, 2002
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Book Description
Nicholas Roerich's classic 1929 mystic travel book is back in print! He kept a diary of his travels by yak and camel through a remote region still largely unknown today. An intellectual as well as an adventurer, he chronicles his expedition through Sinkiang, Altai-Mongolia and Tibet from 1924 to 1928 in twelve exciting chapters detailing his encounters along the parched byways of Central Asia. With a special interest in geographical mysteries and arcane and mystical arts, he searches for the hidden cities of Shambala and Agartha. Roerich's original drawings, as well as reproductions of his inspiring paintings illustrate this unique travel book.
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Grim September 1, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Disappointing. This book is Nick Roerich's travel diary from the mid 1920s when he went on an artistic expedition around India, China, Mongolia, Russia, Tibet. I found it disjointed and a bit of a grind to read. There's plenty on his being held up by Chinese bureaucracy and of then being forbidden to paint before being sent on his way along the toughest routes by corrupt Chinese bureaucrats. In fact, it sounds like he had a horrendous time while in China and Tibet, e.g. being delayed for weeks at a time by the authorities in temperatures of -50 deg, camped only in Summer tents. He mentions the various legends of the areas he visits, e.g. "Jesus" is buried in a tomb in Kashmir, various expectations of some "Maitreya" chacter coming to save the world. Overall, rather gloomy, and I got bored by his regular pro-Buddhist propaganda, e.g. "Buddha" being the "blessed one" and of his dismassal of the pre-Buddhist Bon-po faith as a "religion of demons".
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