(Encyclopedia) Tibetan art and architecture have been almost entirely religious in character (see Tibetan Buddhism). The art of Tibetan Lamaism retains strong elements drawn from the forms of both…
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(Encyclopedia) polo, indoor or outdoor ball and goal game played on horseback.
Some historians claim that polo originated in Persia in the 6th cent.; it spread to Turkey, India, and Tibet and, with…
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