Publisher's Synopsis
A definitive retrospective by Dr.Patapaditya Pal, the world's foremost specialist in the arts of India, the Himalayas, and South-East Asia. Dr. Pal, in the 1950s, was the first scholar researching the art of Nepal. In this groundbreaking book, augmented by exquisite photographs by the late Wim Swaan, one of the great photographers of historic cathedrals in Europe and Asia, we have a record of unparalleled artistic and architectural beauty.