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Salt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet,...

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Salt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the salt for grain. In the foreground of this print is a Tibetan Buddhist monument known as a 'mani'. The sacred, untranslatable mantra 'Om mani padme hum' is carved on to stone slabs placed on the top
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British Library, London, UK
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India, ancient and modern: a series of illustrations of the country and people of India and adjacent territories Author: Simpson, William / Illustrator: Kaye, Sir John William London: Day and Son, 1867 Source/Shelfmark: X108(32) Chromolithograph

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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nomad / chromolithograph / buddhism / man / men / religious movements / monument / 19th century / tribes / tribe / religious groups / three people / mammal / mountain / mountains / nomadic / religious faiths / male / mount / bovine / religion / buddhist / mont / tibet / bovinae
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