India and Tibet, Ancient Links - Current Bonds

My Exhibition on the relations between India and Tibet entitled "India and Tibet, Ancient Links - Current Bonds" can be visited online on my website.

There are 35 panels depicting this unique relation through the ages.

You can download an image of each panel by clicking here...

• A Share Spiritual Lore

The Himalayas as a Bridge

• The Light comes from India

The Buddha Dharma Becomes State Religion

• The Three Religious Kings

Tibet's Relations with Its Neighbours

• A Script from India

The Translation of Buddha's Words Can Start

• The Art of Healing

Tibetan Medicine and Ayurveda

• The Renaissance of Tibetan Buddhism

The Second Propagation comes from India

• An Indian Dalai Lama

Tsangyang Gyatso, the Sixth Dalai Lama

• Tibet's Relations with Kashmir

The Treaties with Ladakh and the Dogras

• The Empire Strikes

The Younghusband Military Mission (1904)

• The Thirteenth Dalai Lama in India

A Refugee in Kalimpong

• The Drawing of the Indo-Tibet Border

The Simla Conference (1914)

• Caravans across the Himalayas

The Transborder Trade

• Searching for the Lost Manuscripts

Indian Cultural Missions in Tibet

• Pilgrimages

The Holy Lands of Tibet and India

• The Asian Relations Conference

Tibet Still Independent

• Stepping into British Shoes

Tibet after India's Independence

• Trading with India

The Indian Trade Agencies in Tibet

• Indian Presence in Tibet

Military Escort and Trade Agent

• Tibet becomes a Chinese Colony

India has a New Neighbour

• From Sardar Patel to Nehru

A Prophetic Letter (November 7, 1950)

• Nehru crosses over to Tibet

The Indian Prime Minister visits Chumbi Valley

• The Return to the Source

The Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama visit India (1956)

• Preserving an Endangered Culture

The Rehabilitation Starts

• The Road to Exile

The Dalai Lama Arrives in India (1959)

• A War Over Tibet Border

The 1962 Sino-Indian Conflict

• When Tibet Fought for India

The Tibetan Special Frontier Force

• How India Considers Tibet

An Autonomous Region of China

• An Honoured Guest of India

The Dalai Lama with Presidents and Prime Ministers

• Meeting Indian Leaders

They had Strong Words for Tibet

• The Himalayan Renaissance

The Role of the Dalai Lama

• The Khaches

The Kashmiri Community in Tibet

• The Nalanda Tradition

India's Gift to Tibet

• The Dalai Lama and the People of India

A Son of India

• Acknowledgments

Our Gratitude for their Support, Advice and Illustrations