An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama

A Journey of Discovery

Diana Lange (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

390 Seiten

2020
Brill (Verlag)
9789004414938 (ISBN)

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Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary panoramic maps of routes across Tibet and the Himalayas, clearly hand-drawn in the late 1850s by a local artist, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. Diana Lange now reveals not only the previously unknown identity of the Scottish colonial official who commissioned the maps from a Tibetan Buddhist lama, but also the story of how the Wise Collection came to be in the British Library. The result is both a spectacular illustrated ethnographic atlas and a unique compendium of knowledge concerning the mid-19th century Tibetan world, as well as a remarkable account of an academic journey of discovery. It will entertain and inform anyone with an interest in this fascinating region.
This large format book is lavishly illustrated in colour and includes four separate large foldout maps.

Diana Lange, Ph.D. (2008), Humboldt University Berlin, is a Research Associate at that university. Her research is located in Area Studies (Asia) with a specialisation in history of knowledge and exploration, material and visual cultures studies and cultural interactions.

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Note on Transliteration

1 The Wise Collection: An Overview

1.1 Key Data

1.2 Cataloguing in the British Library

1.3 Overview of the Maps and Drawings (Sorted by the BL Shelfmarks)

1.4 Dating the Material

2 The Wise Collection: Reading Maps and Drawings

3 The Wise Collection: A Biography

4 The Wise Collection Key Players: William Edmund Hay and the Tibetan Lama

4.1 Hay’s Way to the Western Himalayas

4.2 Hay in Kullu

4.3 “A Very Fair Draughtsman”: The Lama from Lhasa

5 Historical Background

5.1 British Exploration of Tibet in the Mid-nineteenth Century

5.2 The Tibetan Perspective

5.3 Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century

6 Peoples and Costumes of the Himalayas

7 Putting Lhasa on the Map

7.1 Potala and Surroundings

7.2 Jokhang Temple and Surroundings

8 Places and Events in Lhasa

8.1 Néchung State Oracle

8.2 Ache Lhamo Performance at Tsémönling Monastery

8.3 Rope Sliding at the Potala Shöl Area

8.4 A Kalachakra Ceremony in the Potala Déyangshar

8.5 A Governmental Ritual in the Chinese Guandi Temple (Gesar Lhakhang)

8.6 Disposing of the Dead at Lhasa

8.7 Sharing Knowledge on Religion

8.8 Visual Narratives on Tibetan Wedding Ceremonies

9 Journey to the South

9.1 The Eastern Kyichu Valley

9.2 Samyé Monastery and Surroundings

9.3 Ceremonies at Samyé Monastery

9.4 The Northern Yarlung Valley

9.5 The Chonggyé Valley and Southern Borderlands

10 Journey to the West

10.1 The Western Kyichu Valley

10.2 Yamdrok Lake and Surroundings

10.3 Gyantsé and the Nyang Valley

10.4 Shigatse and Surroundings

10.5 Lhatsé, Shelkar and Dingri

10.6 From Ngamring to Saga

10.7 Tradün and Surroundings

10.8 Lake Manasarowar and Surroundings

10.9 Mount Kailash and Surroundings

10.10 Gartok and Gar Gunsa

10.11 Western Tibetan Borderlands

10.12 The Lama’s Journey to Kullu

11 Travelling in the West: The Ladakh Indus Valley and Zangskar Valley

11.1 The Ladakh Indus Valley

11.2 The Zangskar Valley

12 Decoding the Wise Collection

Glossary

List of Tibetan Words

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.07.2020
Reihe/Serie	Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; 45
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	2867 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-13	9789004414938 / 9789004414938
Zustand	Neuware