Islamic Shangri-La

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit  www.luminosoa.org  to learn more. Islamic Shangri-La transports readers to the heart of the Himalayas as it traces the rise of the Tibetan Muslim community from the 17th century to the present. Radically altering popular interpretations that have portrayed Tibet as isolated and monolithically Buddhist, David Atwill's vibrant account dem