An atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th century Tibetan Lama : a journey of discovery
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An atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th century Tibetan Lama : a journey of discovery
(Brill's Tibetan studies library, v. 45)
Brill, c2020
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Accompanied by 4 folded leaves of maps in pocket
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-363) and index
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Description
Diana Lange has solved the mysteries of six panoramic maps of 19th c. Tibet and the Himalayas, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. The result is both a spectacular illustrated ethnographic atlas and a unique compendium of knowledge concerning the mid-19th century Tibetan world, as well as a remarkable account of an academic journey of discovery.
This large format book is lavishly illustrated in colour and includes four separate large foldout maps.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Note on Transliteration
1 The Wise Collection: An Overview
1.1 Key Data
1.2 Cataloguing in the British Library
1.3 Overview of the Maps and Drawings (Sorted by the BL Shelfmarks)
1.4 Dating the Material
2 The Wise Collection: Reading Maps and Drawings
3 The Wise Collection: A Biography
4 The Wise Collection Key Players: William Edmund Hay and the Tibetan Lama
4.1 Hay's Way to the Western Himalayas
4.2 Hay in Kullu
4.3 "A Very Fair Draughtsman": The Lama from Lhasa
5 Historical Background
5.1 British Exploration of Tibet in the Mid-nineteenth Century
5.2 The Tibetan Perspective
5.3 Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century
6 Peoples and Costumes of the Himalayas
7 Putting Lhasa on the Map
7.1 Potala and Surroundings
7.2 Jokhang Temple and Surroundings
8 Places and Events in Lhasa
8.1 Nechung State Oracle
8.2 Ache Lhamo Performance at Tsemoenling Monastery
8.3 Rope Sliding at the Potala Shoel Area
8.4 A Kalachakra Ceremony in the Potala Deyangshar
8.5 A Governmental Ritual in the Chinese Guandi Temple (Gesar Lhakhang)
8.6 Disposing of the Dead at Lhasa
8.7 Sharing Knowledge on Religion
8.8 Visual Narratives on Tibetan Wedding Ceremonies
9 Journey to the South
9.1 The Eastern Kyichu Valley
9.2 Samye Monastery and Surroundings
9.3 Ceremonies at Samye Monastery
9.4 The Northern Yarlung Valley
9.5 The Chonggye Valley and Southern Borderlands
10 Journey to the West
10.1 The Western Kyichu Valley
10.2 Yamdrok Lake and Surroundings
10.3 Gyantse and the Nyang Valley
10.4 Shigatse and Surroundings
10.5 Lhatse, Shelkar and Dingri
10.6 From Ngamring to Saga
10.7 Tradun and Surroundings
10.8 Lake Manasarowar and Surroundings
10.9 Mount Kailash and Surroundings
10.10 Gartok and Gar Gunsa
10.11 Western Tibetan Borderlands
10.12 The Lama's Journey to Kullu
11 Travelling in the West: The Ladakh Indus Valley and Zangskar Valley
11.1 The Ladakh Indus Valley
11.2 The Zangskar Valley
12 Decoding the Wise Collection
Glossary
List of Tibetan Words
Bibliography
Index
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