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In the hushed, butter-lamp-lit interiors of Kathmandu’s ancient monasteries, a story unfolds in pigment and gold. It is a story of gods and demons, of mandalas and cosmic diagrams, but also—less obviously—a story of caravans, of yak trains laden with
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