Atlantean Trilogy Archive
A rider with a banner overlooks the walled city of Tang, its pagodas and canals set before a desert caravan and snowy mountains.Jambu, painted for this archive

Shamballa

Place, City

A legendary hidden land of Himvati shaped like an eight-petalled lotus of eight principalities, with enchanted gardens, magic fountains and shrines tended by the highest mystics; ringed by the Mountains of the Moon, it can be found only by the good of heart.

From the book

A Himvati legend tells of Shamballa, a hidden land laid out like a lotus with eight petals, each petal a separate principality. It holds enchanted gardens, magic fountains and splendid shrines, all cared for by mystics and monks of the highest rank. The lofty peaks called the mountains of the moon ring it and hide it from outsiders. The Himvati say it is a paradise on earth that only the good of heart can find.

At a glance

Pronunciation
shom-ba-LA
Region
Himvati (legend)
Notable places
the Mountains of the Moon