For millennia, the Himalayas have been a monumental bridge between the Indic and Tibetan civilization. The great physical barrier has been of place of intense contacts between two words which shared their search for infinity.

• Tibet and India
  Ancient Links – Current Bonds

• A Shared Spiritual Lore
  The Himalayas as a Bridge

• The Light comes from India
  The Buddha Dharma Becomes State Religion

• The Three Religious Kings
  Tibet’s Relations with Its Neighbours

• A Script from India
  The Translation of Buddha’s Words Can Start

• The Art of Healing
  Tibetan Medicine and Ayurveda

• The Renaissance of Tibetan Buddhism
  The Second Propagation comes from India

• An Indian Dalai Lama
  Tsangyang Gyatso, the Sixth Dalai Lama

• Tibet’s Relations with Kashmir
  The Treaties with Ladakh and the Dogras

• The Empire Strikes
  The Younghusband Military Mission (1904)

• The Thirteenth Dalai Lama in India
  A Refugee in Kalimpong

• The Drawing of the Indo-Tibet Border
  The Simla Conference (1914)

• Caravans across the Himalayas
  The Transborder Trade

• Searching for the Lost Manuscripts
  Indian Cultural Missions in Tibet

• Pilgrimages
  The Holy Lands of Tibet and India

• The Asian Relations Conference
  Tibet Still Independent

• Stepping into British Shoes
  Tibet after India’s Independence

• Trading with India
  The Indian Trade Agencies in Tibet

• Indian Presence in Tibet
  Military Escort and Trade Agent

• Tibet becomes a Chinese Colony
  India has a New Neighbour

• From Sardar Patel to Nehru
  A Prophetic Letter (November 7, 1950)

• The Return to the Source
  The Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama visit India (1956)

• Nehru crosses over to Tibet
  The Indian Prime Minister visits Chumbi Valley

• •The Road to Exile
  The Dalai Lama Arrives in India (1959)

• Preserving an Endangered Culture
  The Rehabilitation Starts

• A War Over Tibet Border
  The 1962 Sino-Indian Conflict

• When Tibet Fought for India
  The Tibetan Special Frontier Force

• How India Considers Tibet
  An Autonomous Region of China

• An Honoured Guest of India
  The Dalai Lama with Presidents and Prime Ministers

• Meeting Indian Leaders
  They had Strong Words for Tibet

• The Himalayan Renaisance
  The Role of the Dalai Lama

• The Khaches
  The Kashmiri Community in Tibet

• The Nalanda Tradition
  India’s Gift to Tibet

• The Dalai Lama and the People of India
  A Son of India

• Ackowledgments
  Our Gratitude for their Support, Advice and Illustrations