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Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains: A Journey Across Arunachal Pradesh - India's Forgotten Frontier
Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains A Journey Across Arunachal Pradesh - India's Forgotten Frontier Author:Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. — 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... more » 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.« less