Mangnang_Monastery

Mangnang Monastery

Mangnang Monastery

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Mangnang Monastery (Chinese: 芒囊寺) was a Buddhist monastery in western Tibet.[1] Founded in the 1037,[2] it was visited by the British in 1866, who photographed it. The photographs are now part of the Royal Geographical Society. The monastery was probably destroyed in 1959.

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  1. [1]
    Hedin, Sven Anders (1913). Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. Macmillan. pp. 276–284.
  2. [2]
    Zhang, Zong (1 January 2015). "Buddhist Arts: A Survey of Sites, Paintings, and Iconography". Modern Chinese Religion I (2 vols.). Brill. pp. 844–928. doi:10.1163/9789004271647_016. ISBN 978-90-04-27164-7.


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