LIBRARY OF TIBETAN WORKS AND ARCHIVES

Ladakhi Histories
LOCAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Edited by John Bray

The Leader of the Ladakh Lopchak Mission in Lhasa in 1921. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.

The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of an Indian reprint of Ladakhi Histories. The book was rst published by the distinguished academic publishing house Brill in the Netherlands, and contains 25 research papers from the International Association of Ladakh Studies (IALS). This book points to Ladakhs distinct local identity, but argues that its historical development can best be understood in a wider regional perspective, taking into account inuences from Tibet as well as other parts of South and Central Asia. It draws on contributions from historians, art historians, linguists and anthropologists. Their sources include Ladakhi historical documents, comparative linguistic research, visual evidence from temple architecture and inscriptions, Mughal biographies, European travel accounts, government records, trade receipts, and local oral tradition. Taken together, the volume provides a much richer view of Ladakhi history than was previously available, and makes a signicant contribution to the study of the wider Himalayan region.

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CONTENTS
V LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS JOHN BRAYIntroduction: Locating Ladakhi History PHILIP DENWOODEarly Connections between Ladakh/Baltistan and Amdo/Kham BETTINA ZEISLEROn the Position of Ladakhi and Balti in the Tibetan Language Family CHRISTIAN LUCZANITSThe Early Buddhist Heritage of Ladakh Reconsiadered ROBERTO VITALISome Conjectures on Change and Instability during the One Hundred Years of Darkness in the History of La dwags (1280s-1380s) NEIL HOWARDSultan Zain-ul Abidins Raid into Ladakh JIGAR MOHAMMEDMughal Sources on Medieval Ladakh PETER SCHWIEGERDocuments on the Early History of He-na-ku, a Petty Chiefdom in Ladakh NICOLA GRISTThe History of Islam in Suru TASHI STOBDANGyajung Nagpo PETER MARCZELLDr. James G. Gerards Unfullled Ambition to Visit Ladakh PETER MARCZELLCsoma Krsis Pseudonym NEIL HOWARDThe Development of the Boundary between the State of Jammu & Kashmir and British India, and its Representation on Maps of the Lingti Plain K. WARIKOOPolitical Linkages between Ladakh and Eastern Turkestan under the Dogras during the 19th Century JOHN BRAYEarly Protestant Missionary Engagement with the Himalayan Region and Tibet CHRISTIAN HEYDEThe Early History of the Moravian Mission in the Western Himalayas: the Life and Work of Wilhelm and Maria Heyde A. H. FRANCKESchools in Leh. Translated, with an Introduction by Gabriele Reifenberg POUL PEDERSENPrince Peter, Polyandry and Psychoanalysis JANET RIZVITrade and Migrant Labour: Inow of Resources at the Grassroots JACQUELINE FEWKES & ABDUL NASIR KHAN Social Networks and Transnational Trade in early 20th Century Ladakh NAWANG TSERING SHAKSPOThe Life and Times of Geshe Ye-shes-don-grup ERBERTO LO BUELives and Works of Traditional Buddhist Artists in 20th Century Ladakh. A Preliminary Account FERNANDA PIRIEThe Impermanence of Power: Village Politics in Ladakh, Tibet and Nepal CONTRIBUTORS INDEX vii .ix 1 31 41 65 97 125 147 161 175 181 183 203 217 235 249 271 281 293 309 321 335 353 379 395 399