REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 1991
VALUE: 35 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of eight issued by Mongolia in 1991 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This stamp depicts Jamsran, the war god and defender of Buddhism. Unlike most Mongol gods, this one does not derive from Hinduism and may represent an god of indigenous mythology.
