A historical atlas of Tibet / Karl E. Ryavec.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part 1. The prehistorical and ancient periods, circa 30,000 BCE to 600 CE -- Part 2. The imperial period, circa 600-900 -- Part 3. The period of disunion, circa 900-1642 -- Part 4. The Ganden Podrang period (Kingdom of the Dalai Lamas) -- Conclusion.

"The product of twelve years of research and eight more of mapmaking, A Historical Atlas of Tibet documents cultural and religious sites across the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering regions from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times all the way up to today. It ranges through the five main periods in Tibetan history, offering introductory maps of each followed by details of western, central, and eastern regions. It visualizes the history of Tibetan Buddhism, tracing its spread throughout Asia, with thousands of temples mapped, both within Tibet and across North China and Mongolia, all the way to Beijing. There are maps of major polities and their territorial administrations, as well as of the kingdoms of Guge and Purang in western Tibet, and of Derge and Nangchen in Kham. There are town plans of Lhasa and maps that focus on history and language, on population, natural resources, and contemporary politics."--Book jacket.

An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama : a journey of discovery /  Diana Lange.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary maps of routes across Tibet, 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.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on Transliteration -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 2. The Wise Collection: Reading Maps and Drawings -- Chapter 3. The Wise Collection: A Biography -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 6. Peoples and Costumes of the Himalayas -- Chapter 7. Putting Lhasa on the Map -- 7.1. Potala and Surroundings -- 7.2. Jokhang Temple and Surroundings -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 11. Travelling in the West: The Ladakh Indus Valley and Zangskar Valley -- 11.1. The Ladakh Indus Valley -- 11.2. The Zangskar Valley

Chapter 12. Conclusion: Understanding the Wise Collection -- Glossary -- List of Tibetan Words -- Bibliography -- Index

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Summary
This article surveys European information and other extant sources pertaining to Tibet in the early modern period, when the region was still relatively unknown to Europeans and, like Cathay (with which it tended to be associated), was thought to be home to Christian communities. The article is organized into three major themes that focus on discerning, mapping, and exploring Tibet. The first part examines the features of what was for Europeans an uncertain association between Tibet and Cathay. The second part of the study, concerned with mapping, analyses the Jesuit cartographical work in China, partly using Chinese sources, that eventually gave Tibet a location independent from Cathay, even though cartographers in Europe continued to depict Cathay as sharing the spotlight with Tibet. Finally, the third section examines mid seventeenth-century Jesuit explorations in central Asia that provided fresh first-hand information for the likes of Athanasius Kircher in his China Illustrata (1667), one of the main sources of European knowledge about Tibet in those times. This research shows an undecided European attitude towards the region in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: it was expressed in a double movement that generated new knowledge while embracing an imaginary past in central Asia, “dragging” Tibet with it.
Summary also in Spanish.

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