Meet Nain Singh Rawat, The Indian Explorer Who Mapped The Himalayas
Nain Singh Rawat, a cartographer, was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal in 1868 for his contributions to mapping Tibet and the Himalayas.
'Himalayan Viagra': the world's most coveted fungus
In the remote, high-altitude pastures of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and India, the cordyceps is known by the Tibetan phrase yartsa ...
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What is Tibetan Buddhism?
Tibetan Buddhism is a unique expression of Buddhism that has developed over centuries in the high Himalayan region of Tibet and the surrounding areas. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the ...
Dalai Lama’s elder brother, who tried to restore Tibet’s freedom, dies at 97
NEW DELHI — The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Gyalo ...
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Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother and towering figure in Tibet, dies
according to the International Campaign for Tibet. At the invitation of China, Mr. Thondup returned briefly to Lhasa in 2002, five decades after fleeing on horseback over the Himalayas.
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Does Anyone Care About the Climate Crisis in Tibet?
The CCP’s religious and cultural repression on the Tibetan Plateau is also feeding an ecological crisis. The response from ...
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Atlantic oceanic droughts do not threaten water resource security of Tibetan Plateau
A 2023 study conducted by a joint research team of scientists from China, the United States, and Switzerland, published in ...
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Cascading Effects: Will China’s New Dam Create A Himalayan Rift?
Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.