The Lost Kingdom of Guge: Extinguishing the Spark of Possibility

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It is an ancient story, a heartbreakingly familiar one.

Once upon a time in the high reaches of Tibet, a spare prince laid the foundations for a kingdom on the high cliffs north of the Indian Himalaya on the south bank of the Sutlej river. Tsaparang, the capitol city of the great Guge Kingdom, ruled largely unopposed from these highly defensible spires for nearly 700 years. As the Muslims swept through the surrounding lands, Guge grew with the influx of Buddhist refugees. Gifted...
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Published on January 01, 2014 12:45
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