An excellent website on Himalayan Architecture.
http://www.himalayan-architecture.net
"The Himalayan Ranges and the adjoining plains of the Tibetan Plateau have largely been imprinted by “Tibetan culture”. Its cultural influence extends far beyond the Tibet Autonomous Region in China – the former religious and political center – into large parts of Chinese provinces such as Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan and Xinjiang as well as neighboring countries such as India (with Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh), northern Nepal and entire Bhutan.
Since the heyday of the Tibetan Empire (7th – 9th century) a distinct and more or less coherent culture has spread over a vast area in central Asia. It endured the change of political systems, waves of migration, wars and the influence of competing cultural values. Though fragmented into local kingdoms and numerous Buddhist sects, a stable cross-border cultural reference survived that created a unique and common identity for people living in an area stretching over more than 3,000 kilometers of the Himalayas."
Himalayan Architecture
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