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1 online resource (413 pages)
ISBN:
9781433705267
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This book presents the most important findings of recent historical research on Ladakh in the Indian Himalaya. It draws on contributions from historians, art historians, linguists and anthropologists to provide a much richer view of the region's past than was previously available.
Inhalt:
Intro -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- JOHN BRAY-Introduction: Locating Ladakhi History -- PHILIP DENWOOD-Early Connections between Ladakh/Baltistan and Amdo/Kham -- BETTINA ZEISLER-On the Position of Ladakhi and Balti in the Tibetan Language Family -- CHRISTIAN LUCZANITS-The Early Buddhist Heritage of Ladakh Reconsidered -- ROBERTO VITALI-Some Conjectures on Change and Instability during the One Hundred Years of Darkness in the History of La dwags (1280s-1380s) -- NEIL HOWARD-Sultan Zain-ul Abidin's Raid into Ladakh -- JIGAR MOHAMMED-Mughal Sources on Medieval Ladakh -- PETER SCHWIEGER-Documents on the Early History of He-na-ku, a Petty Chiefdom in Ladakh -- NICOLA GRIST-The History of Islam in Suru -- TASHI STOBDAN-Gyajung Nagpo -- PETER MARCZELL-Dr. James G. Gerard's Unfulfilled Ambition to Visit Ladakh -- PETER MARCZELL-Csoma Kőrösi's Pseudonym -- NEIL HOWARD-The Development of the Boundary between the State of Jammu & Kashmir and British India, and its Representation on Maps of the Lingti Plain -- K. WARIKOO-Political Linkages between Ladakh and Eastern Turkestan under the Dogras during the 19th Century -- JOHN BRAY-Early Protestant Missionary Engagement with the Himalayan Region and Tibet -- CHRISTIAN HEYDE-The Early History of the Moravian Mission in the Western Himalayas: the Life and Work of Wilhelm and Maria Heyde -- A. H. FRANCKE-Schools in Leh. Translated, with an Introduction by Gabriele Reifenberg -- POUL PEDERSEN-Prince Peter, Polyandry and Psychoanalysis -- JANET RIZVI-Trade and Migrant Labour: Inflow of Resources at the Grassroots -- JACQUELINE FEWKES & ABDUL NASIR KHAN-Social Networks and Transnational Trade in early 20th Century Ladakh -- NAWANG TSERING SHAKSPO-The Life and Times of Geshe Ye-shes-don-grup.
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ISBN 9789004145511
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004145511
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Print version Ladakhi Histories : Local and Regional Perspectives
Sprache:
Englisch
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