Art and Architecture in Ladakh : cross cultural transmissions in the Himalayas and Karakoram

By:

Bue, Lo Erberto Ed

Series: Brill's Tibetan studies library Ed. by Henk Blezer & Others ; Vol.35Publication details: Leiden 2014 Brill Pub.Description: xxi,438pISBN:

9789004271784

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.56 BUE

Contents:

Contents List of Contributors vii List of Illustrations xii Introduction 1 Erberto Lo Bue and john Bray 1 Ancient Petroglyphs of Ladakh: New Discoveries and Documentation 15 Tashi Ldawa Thsangspa 2 Embedded in Stone-Early Buddhist Rock Art of Ladakh 35 Phuntsog Dorjay 3 Historic Ruins in the Gya Valley, Eastern Ladakh, and a Consideration of Their Relationship to the History of Ladakh and Maryul With an Appendix on the War of Tsede ( rTselde) of Guge in 1083 CE by Philip Denwood 68 Neil and Kath Howard 4 An Archaeological Account of Ten Ancient Painted Chortens in Ladakh and Zanskar 100 Quentin Devers, Laurianne Bruneau and Martin Vernier 5 The Chorten ( mChod rten) with the Secret Chamber near Nyarma 141 Gerald Kozicz 6 The Dating of the Sumtsek Temple at Alchi 159 Philip Denwood 7 The Iconography and the Historical Context of the Drinking Scene in the Dukhang at Alchi, Ladakh 167 Marja Alafouzo 8 The Wood Carvings of Lach use. A Hidden Jewel of Early Mediaeval LadakhiArt 191 Heinrich Poell 9 The mGon khang of dPe thub (Spituk): A Rare Example of 15th Century Tibetan Painting from Ladakh 226 Chiara Bellini 10 Chigtan Castle and Mosque: A Preliminary Historical and Architectural Analysis 254 Kacho Mumtaz Ali Khan,john Bray, Quentin Devers and Martin Vernier 11 Lamayuru (Ladakh )-Chenrezik Lhakang: The Bar Do Thos Grol Illustrated as a Mural Painting 274 Kristin Blancke 12 The Lost Paintings of Kesar 298 john Bray 13 Tshogs zhing: a Wall Painting in the New 'Du khang of Spituk (dPe thub) 314 Filippo Lunardo 14 From Benaras to Leh-The Trade and Use of Silk-brocade 329 Monisha Ahmed 15 Conservation of Leh Old Town-Concepts and Challenges 348 Andre Alexander and Andreas Catanese 16 Revealing Traditions in Earthen Architecture: Analysis of Earthen Building Material and Traditional Constructions in the Western Himalayas 364 Hubert Feiglstorfer 17 Conservation of Architectural Heritage in Ladakh 388 john Harrison Bibliography 400 Index 428

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Contents
List of Contributors vii
List of Illustrations xii
Introduction 1
Erberto Lo Bue and john Bray
1 Ancient Petroglyphs of Ladakh: New Discoveries and Documentation 15
Tashi Ldawa Thsangspa
2 Embedded in Stone-Early Buddhist Rock Art of Ladakh 35
Phuntsog Dorjay
3 Historic Ruins in the Gya Valley, Eastern Ladakh, and a Consideration of Their Relationship to the History of Ladakh and Maryul
With an Appendix on the War of Tsede ( rTselde) of Guge in 1083 CE by Philip Denwood 68
Neil and Kath Howard
4 An Archaeological Account of Ten Ancient Painted Chortens in Ladakh and Zanskar 100
Quentin Devers, Laurianne Bruneau and Martin Vernier
5 The Chorten ( mChod rten) with the Secret Chamber near Nyarma 141
Gerald Kozicz
6 The Dating of the Sumtsek Temple at Alchi 159
Philip Denwood
7 The Iconography and the Historical Context of the Drinking Scene in the Dukhang at Alchi, Ladakh 167
Marja Alafouzo
8 The Wood Carvings of Lach use. A Hidden Jewel of Early Mediaeval LadakhiArt 191
Heinrich Poell
9 The mGon khang of dPe thub (Spituk): A Rare Example of 15th Century Tibetan Painting from Ladakh 226
Chiara Bellini
10 Chigtan Castle and Mosque: A Preliminary Historical and Architectural Analysis 254
Kacho Mumtaz Ali Khan,john Bray, Quentin Devers and Martin Vernier
11 Lamayuru (Ladakh )-Chenrezik Lhakang: The Bar Do Thos Grol Illustrated as a Mural Painting 274
Kristin Blancke
12 The Lost Paintings of Kesar 298
john Bray
13 Tshogs zhing: a Wall Painting in the New 'Du khang of Spituk (dPe thub) 314
Filippo Lunardo
14 From Benaras to Leh-The Trade and Use of Silk-brocade 329
Monisha Ahmed
15 Conservation of Leh Old Town-Concepts and Challenges 348
Andre Alexander and Andreas Catanese
16 Revealing Traditions in Earthen Architecture: Analysis of Earthen Building Material and Traditional Constructions in the Western Himalayas 364
Hubert Feiglstorfer
17 Conservation of Architectural Heritage in Ladakh 388
john Harrison
Bibliography 400
Index 428

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