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History Lectures Online: Tsering Shakya on “Tibet: Does history matter?”

This installment of History Lectures Online features a lecture given last year by Tsering Shakya (Tibet: Does history matter?) as part of a conference on Tibetan history sponsored by the Center for Buddhist Studies, the Center for Chinese Studies, and the... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Thu, Feb 14 2008

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