TY - BOOK AU - Dorje, Gyurme AU - Gyurme Dorje. TI - Jokhang: Tibet's most sacred Buddhist temple SN - 9785000976920 U1 - 294.3 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London, New York PB - Edition Hansjorg Mayer, In association with the Tibet Charitable Trust, Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Thames & Hudson KW - Buddhist temples KW - China KW - Tibet Autonomous Region KW - Buddhism KW - Lhasa (China : District) KW - Religion KW - Tibet Autonomous Region (China) KW - History N1 - "Part 1 presents Zhakabpa's detailed inventory to the great temple; Part 2 compiles historical sources illustrating its importance in Tibetan life; Part 3 draws upon early historical material to highlight the temple's geomantic origins, the inauguration of the Great Prayer Festival and the early wall painings in the Jokhang; Part 4 explores the temple's intricate Indo-Nepalese architecture; Part 5 illustrates 108 bronze images from the Jokhang repository"--Dust jacket ER -