Thiksey Monastery of Ladakh Himalaya

From the Jacket
Dr. Prem Singh Jina did his Ph. D. from Postgraduate Department of economics, Kumaun
University, Nainital. He has also done short term courses in animal husbandry, Agronomy,Horticulture, and Mushroom production from G.B. Pant University of agriculture and technology,Pantnagar.
Dr. Jina started his professional career in the central institute of Buddhist studies, Leh,
Ladakh in 1981 as a lecturer in economics. He has written five books on Ladakh Himalaya entitled 'Tourism in Ladakh Himalaya', 'High pastureland of Ladakh Himalaya', 'Famous western explorers to Ladakh', 'Phyang monastery of Ladakh' and 'Ladakh: 'The land and the people'.Besides; he edited one book 'Recent researches on the Himalaya of Himalaya' and has written more than fifty research papers on different aspects of Ladakh Himalaya. He has presented 12papers in the international conferences and 20 papers in the national conferences. His morethan 40 radio talks on different aspects of Ladakh have been broadcaster from leh radio station. His radio feature on 'Hemis Gonpa' was chosen for national Hook-up and his another feature on 'Ladakh Saj' was chosen for J&K state Hook-up radio programmer. He is at present attached with central institute of Buddhist studies, Leh-Ladakh and is actively doing his research work on Ladakh Himalaya. Preface
The practices of Buddhism throughout the world and Ladakh in particular may appear to
exemplify a faith of paradoxical dimensions. Therefore, as a scholar of Ladakh studies, I
decided to make a clear picture of Ladakh gonpas before the r