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Jade folding Mughal period book stand from Doris Duke’s bedroom at Shangri La
18th century
Northern India
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
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A VISIT TO SHANGRI LA
by N.F. Karlins



Plenty of people have discovered, or thought they discovered, the inspiration for Shangri La, that mythic, isolated land of eternal youth and peace in James Hilton’s 1933 novel of the same name. Shangri La has turned up in China, Tibet and even Pakistan.

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