Thangka
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A thangka painting is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Thangkas are traditionally kept unframed and rolled up when not on di
Buddha Vairocana, the “Resplendent One”. Pigments on cloth, 14th century
Thangka depicting Vajrabhairava, c. 1740
A large thangka hung on a special wall at Gyantse in Tibet in 1938
Thanka in making
Mongolia
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Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometers, making it the 18th-largest country in the
Thangka
…regions of China near Tibet. Tangkas were painted in all the areas where Tibetan Buddhism flourished, which apart from those mentioned already included Mongolia, Ladakh, Sikkim, and parts of Himalayan India in Arunachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, and Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh. It is also practiced…
7th-century Göktürk artifacts found 180 km (112 mi) from Ulaanbaatar
A 1278 portrait of Genghis Khan
The eighth Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, Bogd Khaan
Khorloogiin Choibalsan led Mongolia during the Stalinist era, and presided over an environment of intense political persecution.