# Christian Luczanits: Mustang Art and the Myth of the Hidden Kingdom

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Podcast: [The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833)
Published: 2026-05-01T07:00:00+00:00
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Christian Luczanits talks about the eccentricities of early Buddhist art in the Mustang region of the Himalayas, the intellectual exchange that ran through the region long before its 15th-century kingdom, and the importance of documenting the manuscripts and sculptures of mountain monasteries in situ. Interview by Miles Osgood.

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