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Biggest Tibetology Conference

July 23, 2013;

The 13th seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies is being held in Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, the biggest ever conference of Tibetology. The organizers said there were 730 applications and 640 presentations for the seven-day conference. “Mongolia and Tibet have a history of political and religious interaction that goes back at least to the 13th century”, said Charles Rambles, the outgoing president of the association, in his address.

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