Trek And Indus Valley - Why This Trip?

High in the Tibetan Mountains, down a near perpendicular face, rested a sub-tropical valley out of place among the frozen ranges that surrounded it. This valley, which James Horton describes in his fantastic book ‘Lost Horizon’, is where the Lamasery of Shangri-La resided (HortonCh3-4). One of the oldest and most popular practices of Buddhism, a multi-national belief system dating back millenniums ago, is the Kalachakra. The Kalachakra speaks of a mystical place called Shambhala, and it was the stories of Shambhala on which James Horton based his fictitious book ‘Lost Horizon’. The legends of Shambhala tell of how the knowledge of the east and west are stored in Shambhala until humans are brought to the brink of destruction. Similarly, Shangri-La had many aspect of western culture, despite its isolation from the world. Through

The book “Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to know another culture” is ethnography by Ernestine McHugh. In the beginning of the book, the author talks about how she developed her interest in the field of anthropology during her undergraduate study since “at that time [she] knew little about [it,] but [she] had mapped out a project relating to culture and the aesthetics of life” (McHugh). It was her mentor Gregory Bateson, under whom she had developed this project who inspired her to carry out this project in Nepal. Although her attempts at writing about her experience failed the first time, during her graduate schooling she was encouraged by her advisor Roy D’Andrade to continue. This book revolves around the ethnic Gurung community who live at the foothills of the Annapurna Mountain; just about thirty miles up from the famous tourist destination in Nepal called Pokhara. At the age of twenty-one, the village where the author lived was called “Tebas.” Although Nepal is a country filled with people who follow Hinduism and the official language is Nepalese, she chooses a place in north central Nepal where people mostly spoke in their own ethnic language which is very similar to Tibetan on contrary to the popular Nepalese language. In this book she talks about how she fully immerses herself in the field work and in the process tells the story of the people who let her in their house and more importantly made her a part of their family. Throughout her stay she was treated

I chose to do my research paper on the colorful and extraordinarily detailed mural titled “Dhrtarastra (Dharma King of the East Direction) with 16 Attendants” by Shashi Dhoj Tulachand. Shashi is also known as Guru Nawang Chhogyall Tenzin is a 69 year- old spiritual leader of the Chhairo gompa, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism from Tuksche, a remote village located in Mustang, Nepal's northernmost district, adjacent to Tibet. He is a master in Buddhist thangka painting who is committed to re-establishing the lost teaching tradition of Chhairo gompa. Shashi comes from a long line of Buddhist artists, his father Kamal Dhoj Tulachan, and grandfather were responsible for many wall paintings and statues to be found in gompas, chortens and private household shrines in the villages of the Thak Kola and the upper Kali Gandaki area.

The author talks about his passion towards hiking and camping in the wilderness of Alaskan shrubs, because the super tramp as Chris calls himself, is very fond of isolating himself in the shrubs from all the humanity for a few months in order to fill himself with the sense of beauty of nature. But he unfortunately loses his life. This article is useful for my research because it reflects the intentions of people who choose to travel leaving their jobs and possessions behind and the mindset of people who travel who don’t give in easy due to the harsh conditions, like no money, food, harsh weather, This article really gives insight about the thoughts and ideology of travelers like Chris

We just started to leave Independence rock, I discovered that it's been getting hotter and hotter on the trail towards Oregon. We've had a couple cows die from bad water, and some chickens got crushed by the wheels of my wagon. We all are sunburned from the blazing sun, and we don't have any medication for that besides long sleeve shirts. I'm surprised that we haven't had any Indian attacks yet, I thought those would happen a lot. Hopefully when we do see some Indians, they will be friendly and kind instead of wanting to steal from us and kill us. I'm sure that we will encounter some good and bad ones along the south pass, so we should always be ready since we are very far from any stores or any other people. I have a pistol on the side of

The Indus River Valley civilization was an ancient civilization located on a subcontinent called India. The Indus River Valley civilization was naturally isolated by the Himalayas and the east and west Ghat mountains. The ancient civilization was located near a river, like most of the ancient civilizations of their time. Because India was surrounded by mountains on all sides, the subcontinent was very prone to attacks. A major problem for the Indus River Valley civilization was the constant monsoons it had. India had two different types of monsoons, the winter monsoon and the summer monsoon. The Indus River Valley civilization depended on the summer monsoon, because that is when they got most of their rain. When the winter monsoon hit the

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This palace houses an astounding forty members of the royal family along with servants and guests, but its functionality is easily overshadowed by the wealth that clearly went into its structure. It is the most visited tourist attraction of all in Fluania. There are many reasons why this is apparent.

The king had his throne in the “Apollo Salon” and worshiped in a royal chapel, which spanned two stories, which Bajou notes was built between 1699 and 1710. The power of the king once again figures prominently in the decoration of the chapel, “the iconography of the painted and sculptural decorations corresponds to a theological and political plan to demonstrate that the powers and duties of the monarch are given by divine right,” writes Bajou.

During the early civilizations The Nile River Valley and the Indus River Valley Civilization were the two that stuck out the most to me. Both of these civilizations where built near a river or on a river where the water could be used as power. They both have a lot of differences and things in common. In the beginning I’m going to explain some important facts about the Indus River Valley Civilization.

Mohenjo-Daro was one of the most important cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. It is the largest and best preserved city of the Indus Valley Civilization. It is located on the right of the Indus River and it’s in southern Pakistan. It was built around 2500 BC and has a surface land area of 500 acres. This is such a large area that archaeologists believed it served as the main source of power for the civilization. One monument that was found that was important in that area was “The Great Bath.” This was a 900 sq foot tank that had water from the Indus River. It had an elaborate sewage system. Mohenjo-Daro also has remains of another ancient Indus Civilization called Harrappa. (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Mohenjo-Daro.”) The name Mohenjo Daro means “Mound of the dead.” It is called the “Mound of the Dead” because after the disappearance of this ancient civilization, things such as people, remains of pottery, remains of buildings got buried in the soil and with time, created a mound. (John Roach. “Mohenjo-Daro.”) Mohenjo-Daro has also been called “The City of Wells” because the city had been estimated to have over 700 wells that had fresh water in the area. There was evidence of pottery, seals, and tools of copper that was used and traded. Mohenjo-Daro also had no places of worship or governance which shows that class structure was equal. The lower-town of Mohenjo- Daro housed 20,000-40,000 people and had a grid system similar to modern day blocks. After 600

Vedas are are old oral epics that were written down long after the Aryan Invasion

Flash back to 1943, when I was at the ripe age of 24 (I know, I’m getting pretty old!) At this point in my life, I had recently gained quite a bit of fame in the exploring community from my tales of traveling the Gobi desert. Seeking for more travels to tell stories of back home, I had decided to ditch the desert and go somewhere much, much colder: Nepal, the home of the Himalayan mountain range. I can still remember the first time I saw the towering majesties, standing higher than the gods with their tops obscured by clouds. The moment I laid my eyes on them, I knew: these mountains must be conquered. I wouldn’t say I had “conquered” them

The extraordinary Pyrenees Mountain Range stretches more than 430 kilometers and rises higher than 3,400 meters in elevations. It might as well be called the eighth wonder of the world. The majestic formation of the Pyrenees Mountain will take your breath away! Travers from all around the globe come to explore these exquisite land formations and to marvel at the pulchritudinous Pyrenees. Adventurers love to visit and discover new things about the people and society that makes this such a phenomenal place. The multitudinous opportunities and experiences that these communities have to offer will amaze you. This landscape’s beautiful geography and intriguing culture is definitely worth the travel.

The journey to Assam was descripted in the most picturesque manner. The beautiful details of landscape, the rustic beauty of plantation, the greenery and fresh air were breath taking. It was like watching a dream land.