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The Empress’s Kangyur: Was the Tibetan Dragon Canon More a Private Devotion than a Political Statement?

Posted on August 5, 2026August 4, 2026by Teahouse

A closer material analysis of an imperial Kanjur at Taipei’s National Palace Museum puts into doubt the usual narratives about its purpose

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