Posted on 04/22/2006 11:26:16 AM PDT by minus_273
Indians are not a race. The Mongoloid race is not alien to India.
Losar is also celebrated in Ladak, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and in Himachal Pradesh in India.
BTW there are 4 million Tibetans all over India not just in Darjeeling, Siliguri and Dharmashala but also in all the major metro cities. Plus we have Buddhist of Tibetan descent in Ladak, Sikkim, HP, Uttranchal, and Arunachal Pradesh (Remember Tawang monastry?).
for what is is worth nor are chinese a race. Han chinese is a very diverse group who look very different lumped into one category.
There is a perception of what chinese is and there is a perception of what an indian is and the two are not the same.
Look if you want to believe that the architectural styles resembles China more than India, its totally up to you, but the fact is we have much more temples (with exactly the same architectural style) on the Indian side as compared to Nepal.
You can find similar architectural features in temples all over India, and on awider area, in Thailand, Cambodia and much of the rest of SE Asia.
For what it's worth, China isn't exactly anywhere near as diverse as India or the United States, or even Europe, for that matter.
"For what it's worth, China isn't exactly anywhere near as diverse as India or the United States, or even Europe, for that matter."
agreed. i think our discussion of temple styles in india easily establishes that.
But the contact from India has been far greater than the contact from Tibet.
Buddhist Temples at Bodhgaya
Tawang monastry Arunachal Pradesh
The pagoda architecture went from Nepal to Tibet and finally to China. Remember Arniko.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arniko
"Nepal is traditionally in the chinese sphere of influence. "
Nepal is NOT in the chinese sphere of influence. Chinese influence on India is ZERO. Nil. Nada. There is Tibetan influence. And Tibetan culture is influenced by Nepali culture, which is derived from Indian culture whether we like India or not.
Thiksey monastery, Ladakh
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Norbulingka Monastery Dharmashala
Hemis monastry, Ladakh
Buddhist monastry south india.
Phyang Monastry (Ladak) India
Thiksey Monastry, India
yeah i linked to an article about him earlier.
especially in Kathmandu valley where the local population (newari) is directly descendent from tibetans
That Tibetan writing looks a lot like that from India too.
Oh, and antoher note to all; the BBC have been reporting on this, lead story on their website about every day lately.
Newaris are not directly descendents of Tibetans. People like Sherpas and Bhotiyas are. Newars have far more complex history, since they have lived in Kathmandu(a crossroad) for thousands of years.
I was there for a while in 92' and they were having problems then. This is a Chinese takeover for sure. The commies are threatening Bhutan too.
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