A Lost Civilization: The Mongols Rediscovered

Walther Heissig

Thames and Hudson, 1966 - Mongolia - 271 pages

Contents

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS: 7
• VOICES FROM THE PAST: 9
• FROM PEKING TO MOSCOW: 42
• REMAINS OF THE PAST: 71
• DANISH EXPEDITIONS IN MONGOLIA: 94
• THE TRAGEDY OF THE LAST GREAT KHAN: 119
• THE EPIC OF GESER KHAN: 134
• LAMAIST MONKS DISPLACE THE SHAMANS: 152
• POLITICS IN NOTEBOOKS: 164
• THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 183
• THEATRE IN THE YURT: 211
• ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES: 231
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 259
• INDEX: 265

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Lost Civilization: The Mongols Rediscovered
• Author: Walther Heissig
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson, 1966
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 22, 2008
• Length: 271 pages