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Contents
Preface Editor's Desk Foreword
Chapter 1
Introduction to Research • Various views of Kailash 1. The Quest for Ashtapad 2. New Techniques to discover Ashtapad Palace-Temple 3. Geological perspective at Kailash area in search for
Ashtapad site
Photo Gallery Narendra Bhandari Rajmal Jain
K. K. Sharma
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Chapter 2
Three Field Trip Reports En-Route to Kailash
Photo Gallery Shree Ashtapadji - A Possibility
Bharat Hansraj Shah Field trip I - Summary report
Rajnikant Shah A report on field trips I and II to locate site for Ashtapad near Kailash in Tibet
P.S. Thakker A reconnaissance mission to locate the Ashtapad Temple John Vincent Bellezza The Ashtapad Initiative
A. K. Verma
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Kailash area map
Folded Map
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Chapter 3
Satellite Studies and Imagery • Various views of probable sites - Ashtapad and Nandi Photo Gallery 9. Archaeology & Satellite Imaging 10. GeoEye-1 & IKONOS Satellite Data 11. Locating probable unexplored Archaeological sites for Ashtapad near Kailash in Tibet
P.S. Thakker 12. High Resolution 3-D Imagery of Kailash region
Shashikant Sharma & P.S. Thakker
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