Tibetan Manuscript Studies: A Research Guide: Inscriptions

Catalog of Chinese and Tibetan inscriptions on stele and other objects, located across the Tibetan Plateau, with transcriptions. The inscriptions date from the imperial period (from the Yarlung Valley, Yushu, etc.) through the early 20th century. Several inscriptions demarcate boundaries, while others mark the founding of monasteries in the 18th century, etc. Important for the study of Tibetan history, the development of Tibetan Buddhist institutions, Manchu and Mongolian patronage, etc.

The articles brought together in this volume not only deal with Tibetan inscriptions on such diverse writing supports as paper, temple walls, rocks and tsha tshas, they also span a wide range in respect to the contents of the historical and religious epigraphs discussed.

First published in 2000. Contains distant photos and transliterations of several important stele in Central Tibet.