Discoveries in Western Tibet and the Western Himalayas ─ Essays on History, Literature, Archaeology and Art : PIATS 2003 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Assoc

Mnga'ris skor gsum and adjacent regions were integrated into the zone of the Tibetan empire since the seventh century, but their geography led over time to distinct patterns of trade and cross-influence with the polities of central Asia, Nepal, and India. The panel was called in order to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the study of these regions. Not only did the topics include political history, religious and secular art, architecture, and literature produced in or for western Tibet and the western Himalayas, but the temporal range considered turned out to stretch from the Zhang zhung period to the late 20th century. No index is provided. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Amy Heller, diplome of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1992), is affiliated with the Paris CNRS Tibetan studies unit since 1986. She has published extensively on Tibetan rituals and art history, as well as Tibetan Art, Tracing the development of art and spirituality in Tibet (1999) (translated into French, Italian and Spanish). She is currently studying the cultural history of Dolpo.Giacomella Orofino, Ph.D. (1985) in Tibetan Studies, University of Rome "La Sapienza", is Associate Professor of Tibetology at the University of Naples "L'Orientale". She is author of numerous books and articles on Indo-Tibetan religious literature, philology and cultural history.