Gazing eastwards : of Buddhist monks and revolutionaries in China, 1957 / Romila Thapar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thapar, Romila, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thapar, Romila--Travel--China.

Thapar, Romila.

Historians--Travel--China.

Historians.

Travel.

China--Description and travel--20th century.

China.

Physical Description:

xv, 266 pages, 68 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[New Delhi] India : Aleph, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Journey Begins

2. Moscow

3. Arrival at Last in Beijing

4. On the Way to Xi'an

5. The Ancient Capital at Xi'an

6. A Brief Side Trip to the Luoyang Caves

7. Onwards to Lanzhou

8. In the Train to Tian Shui, En Route to Maijishan

9. The Work Begins at Maijishan

10. On Our Way to the North from Tian Shui

11. Into the North at Jiu Quan

12. To the High Point of the Journey at Dunhuang

13. The Start of the Return Journey via Yumen

14. Retracing Our Steps at Zheng Zhou

15. On the Train to Nanjing

16. Arrival in Nanjing

17. The One and Only Shanghai

18. A Weekend Break in Hangchow

19. A Summation in Beijing

20. All Good Things Come to an End in Canton.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780857428165

0857428160

OCLC:

1233304761