Tibetan Manuscript Studies: A Research Guide: Inscriptions
Tibetan Inscriptions
Zhongguo shao shu min zu gu ji zong mu ti yao. Zang zu juan. Ming ke juanCall Number: EAST ASIAN REF Z3108.E8 Z4836 2014Publication Date: 2014Catalog 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.
Tibetan Inscriptions by Call Number: EAST ASIAN CN1230.T55 I57 2010Publication Date: 2013The 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.
Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions by Call Number: OFFSITE PL3602 .K53 1985Publication Date: 1985First published in 2000. Contains distant photos and transliterations of several important stele in Central Tibet.
Tibetan Inscriptions in the Western Himalaya
TIBETAN INSCRIPTIONS IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYA
Historical and religious inscriptions in mNga' ris / Ngari (West Tibet) (2013-2018).
"The main purpose of this site is to make available, in an easy and inexpensive way, the documentary material that has been prepared in the field. Most of the inscriptions are located in the cultural area of Western Tibet, presently divided between India, China, Pakistan and Nepal; in order to provide a wider context for these sources some inscriptions from Central Tibet have also been included." Project team includes Dr. Kurt Tropper (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Prof. Dr. Cristina Scherrer-Schaub (Sorbonne, Paris), and Jürgen Schörflinger (University of Vienna).
Includes mapped location and visuals of inscriptions from Ladakh, Zanskar, Lahul, Spiti, Kinnaur, Ngari, and more.