Tibetans often use the term Tibet to refer to a large Tibetan ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and historical area that includes what is now known as the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan ...

Some maps show physical features that are experienced rather than seen. Examples of this are average temperature and rainfall maps. Latitude is shown first and longitude is shown second ...

In digesting Tibet's different regions, it's important to know a few things. First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is ...

DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration of the Tibetan government in exile, based in Dharamshala, is planning to draw up a map to counter China's tactics of changing the names of places ...

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Why New Atlas? An atlas is a collection of maps, and maps are the tools we use to explore and define new frontiers. That's our mission: to trace the development of extraordinary ideas that move ...

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibet has enjoyed a rich history of philosophical enquiry and carries this heritage forth today. Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based ...

From a Western perspective, Tibet is a land of mystery. It captures the imagination of a faraway and exotic place, a land ...

A rescue operation to find people trapped in an avalanche on a Tibetan highway has now ended, with Chinese state media reporting the death toll to be at least 28. People were left trapped in their ...

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has generated so much excitement about how bright and visible it might be that it has even been billed as the "comet of the century" in some quarters. Although that is ...