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• Buddhist Traditions of Tibet and the Himalayas

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Geology

• The Himalayas were thrust up when India collided
  with Asia 50 million years ago

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Geologys Factors on Himalayan Life
Ammonites, fossilized sea creatures found up to
18,000 ft. in the region, are sacred to Hindus as
symbols of Vishnu. SHALIGRAM
Kathmandu 1934
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Geological-Geographical Regions in Cross Section
Peaks to Gangetic Plain 100-120 miles
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Monsoon Climate Atmospheric forces and
Himalayan Micro-ecological regions
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Monsoon as Primary Factor in South Asian Life
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Himalayan Silt, Watersheds ...as Basis for South
Asias Agricultural Fertility
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Flora
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Fauna
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Indic Culture Migrates North
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Later, Tibetanization transforms mid-hills with
Tibeto-Burman speaking migrants and who practice
Buddhism
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Kathmandu Valley
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Art
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Texts
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Architecture
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Cultural Performances
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Hindu-Buddhist Survival
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Six Ethnographic Regions in the Himalayas
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Submontane Ethnic Groups Hindu and Tribal
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Mid-hills Pluralistic of Tibetanized and
Indicized Groups
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Summary

• Frontier Periphery Indo-Tibetan/Sino
  Interactions
• ...Micro
  climate/cultural features
• Cultural Oases preserving archaic cultural
  elements, sometimes innovating on them...
• Rare and Intermittent incursions/influences by
  outsiders but transformative
• adding to the
  rich historical dialectic

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