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Caravan to Lhasa

Book by Kamal Ratna Tuladhar

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Book by Kamal Ratna Tuladhar

Field	Value
name	Caravan to Lhasa
image	Caravan to lhasa book cover.jpg
author	Kamal Ratna Tuladhar
publisher	Various
genre	Travel literature
release_date	2011 (second edition)
media_type	Print (Paperback)
isbn	9789994658916

Caravan to Lhasa is a travel book and an account of the lives of expatriate Nepalese merchants in Lhasa from the 1920s to the 1960s. Written by Kamal Ratna Tuladhar, the book describes the caravan journey from Kathmandu across the Himalaya, and the life and times of the Newar traders in Tibet through the experiences of his merchant father Karuna Ratna Tuladhar (1920-2008) and uncles.

Karuna Ratna spent 17 years in Lhasa, from 1935-1946 and 1949-1954. He was born in Kathmandu to a merchant family, and took over the ancestral shop in Lhasa after his father's death in 1935.

Caravan to Lhasa is based on the centuries-old history of Kathmandu's Lhasa Newar merchants who lived for long periods at their business houses in Tibet and India, and operated a trading network linking South and Central Asia.

The book ends with the final return of the merchants after the Chinese takeover of Tibet and the flight of the Dalai Lama to India in 1959. The first edition appeared in 2004.

References

Prasai, Ujjwal. (16 December 2011). "Family History". The Kathmandu Post.
Bajracharya, Himesh. (16 June 2012). "Lhasa legacy". Kantipur.
Kaye, Melati. (29 June 2013). "Renewed Nepali trade route draws regional ire".
Yoon, Sungoh. "Newar Merchants of Kathmandu in Traditional Tibet".
Aikat, Kajori. (February 2005). "Book Review: Caravan to Lhasa". ECS.
(May 2004). "Just published". A Journal of Newar Studies.

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