Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments: Architecture, Art, History and Texts

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2022
• Subjects: Tibet; buddhistische Monumente; tibetische Quellen; Architektur; Kunst; historisches Westtibet; ÖFOS 2012 > GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (602) > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (6020) > Tibetologie (602050); ÖFOS 2012 > SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN (5) > Soziologie (504) > Soziologie (5040) > Kulturanthropologie (504017); Tibet; Buddhist monuments; Tibetan sources; architecture; art; historical Western Tibet; ÖFOS 2012 > HUMANITIES (6) > Linguistics and Literature (602) > Linguistics and Literature (6020) > Tibetan studies (602050); ÖFOS 2012 > SOCIAL SCIENCES (5) > Sociology (504) > Sociology (5040) > Cultural anthropology (504017)
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This volume contains sixteen contributions devoted to historical monuments and materials relating to Western Tibet primarily between the late 9th and the 12th century. In one way or another, the thematic focus of all contributions is related to the establishment and spread of monastic Buddhism in th...