John Bray & Nawang Tsering Shakspo, eds. 2007. Recent Research on Ladakh 2007. Leh: Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages/International Association for Ladakh Studies, 2007. 274 pp. map, illus.
INTRODUCTION
1.
KUSHOK BAKULA RINPOCHE—Inaugural Speech
2.
HISTORY
ABDUL GHANI SHEIKH—Ladakh and
its Neighbours. Past and Present
TASHI
STOBDAN—Once Ladakh was a Lake
BETTINA
ZEISLER—On the Position of Ladakhi and Balti in the Tibetan
Language Family
JIGAR
MOHAMMED—Mughal Sources on Medieval Ladakh, Baltistan and
Western Tibet
POUL
PEDERSEN & MARTIJN VAN BEEK—Prince Peter’s Film from
Ladakh 1938
3.HISTORY
OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE
TASHI LDAWA TSHANGPA—A Short
Note on Some Petroglyphs of the Nubra Valley
CHRISTIAN LUCZANITS—Alchi Sumtseg Reconsidered
WOLFGANG
HEUSGEN—Alchi Sumtseg—An Endangered Jewel?
JOHN
HARRISON—The Conservation of Kanji Tsuglakhang
ERBERTO
LO BUE—Traditional Buddhist Art in 20th Century Ladakh
4.
LOCAL CULTURES AND TRADITION
NAWANG TSERING SHAKSPO—Historical Perspectives of Saboo
RAJA
IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ALI KHAN—The Impact of Balti Culture on
Jammu & Kashmir and Beyond
SONAM
PHUNTSOG—The Culture of the Dards
SKARMA
JUNGLAY – Fokar in the Kingdom of Purig
5.
MEDICINE AND HEALTH
PADMA GURMET—The Amchi System of Medicine. The Art and
Science of a Healthy Way of Life
ALESSANDRO BOESI—The Classification of Medicinal Plants in
Tibetan Medicine
S.T.
PHUNTSOG—Dharmic Physiology
JAMILA
BANO—High Altitude Sickness in Ladakh
6.
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE
SAT PAUL SAHNI—Ladakh Travels Far and Fast
ABDUL
GHANI SHEIKH—Transformation of Kuksho Village
PUSHP
SARAF—Buddhist Political Activism after 1988
GERHARD EMMER—The Condition of the Argons of Leh
MOHAMMED
RAZA ABBASI—Pakistani Shelling of Kargil in 1997 and 1999.
An Eyewitness Account
GITANJALI CHATURVEDI—Trifurcation—a Secular Agenda?
7.CHALLENGES
OF DEVELOPMENT
CORINNE WACKER—Can Irrigation
Systems Disclose the History of the Villages of Ladakh? The
Example of Tagmachig
SUNANDAN
TIWARI & RADHIKA GUPTA—Changing Currents: Irrigation
Practices of Leh Town
RITESH
ARYA—Groundwater Exploration and its Exploitation in
Ladakh. Implications for Sustainable Development
KANEEZ
FATIMA—Education in the Drass Valley
MOHAMMED
SALEEM MIR—The Apricot Wealth of Ladakh
RINCHEN WANGCHUK & RODNEY JACKSON—A Community-based
Approach to Mitigating Livestock-Wildlife Conflict in
Ladakh
TASHI
MORUP—Kharnak Nomads Leave Changthang
8. AN
ETHIC FOR THE FUTURE?
SONAM WANGCHOK—Buddhism and Contemporary Society in Ladakh
MUHAMMAD OMAR GUTU NADVI—The Holy Quran and the Teachings
of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Ladakhi
Language
ROBERT
COOK—Psychology, Buddhism and Sustainable Development