Land of the dawn-lit mountains
Subtitle: a journey across Arunachal Pradesh -- India's forgotten frontier
By: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781471156564
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel
Description: A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh--meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains'--has remained uniquely isolated. Steeped in myth and mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent sets out to chronicle this forgotten corner of Asia. Travelling some 2,000 miles she encounters shamans, lamas, hunters, opium farmers, fantastic tribal festivals and little-known stories from the Second World War. In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-362) and index.