Recent Research on Ladakh 6

confproc05 Henry Osmaston and Nawang Tsering (eds.). 1997. Recent Research on Ladakh 6. Proceedings of the Sixth International Colloquium on Ladakh. Leh, 16-20 August 1993. Bristol: University of Bristol. ISBN: 0 86292 431 6. 374 pp.

  • Introduction (PDF 1MB)
  • Ravina Aggarwal: “From Utopia to Heterotopia: Toward an Anthropology of Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • John Bray: “The Roman Catholic Mission in Ladakh, 1888-1898” (PDF 1MB)
  • John Crook: “The Meditation Notebook of Tipun Padma Chogyal” (PDF 1MB)
  • James Crowden: “The Road to Padum: Its Effect on Zangskar” (PDF 1MB)
  • Mohammed Deen Darokhan: “Handicraft Development in Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Thierry Dodin: “Negi Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen: a preliminary account of the life of a modern Buddhist saint” (PDF 1MB)
  • Paula Green: “Buddhist Nuns in Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Kim Gutschow: “’Lords of the Fort’, ‘Lords of the Water’ and ‘No Lords at All’: The Politics of Irrigation in Three Tibetan Societies” (PDF 1MB)
  • Jamyang Gyaltsan: “The Introduction of Buddhism into Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Neil Howard: “What Happened between 1450 and 1550 AD? and other questions from the history of Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
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Lozang Jamspal: “The Five Royal Patrons and Three Maitreya Images in Basgo” (PDF 1MB)
  • Prem Singh Jina: “Impact of Tourism on the Ecology of the Ladakh Himalayas”   (PDF 1MB)
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Peter J. Marczell: “William Moorcroft’s Commercial Pilgrimage to Manasa Sarowara in 1812” (PDF 1MB)
  • Gudrun Meier: “Herrnhuter Beiträge zur Erforschung Ladakhs” (PDF 1MB)
  • Sonam Morup: “Hydel Power Potential in Leh District” (PDF 1MB)
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Jigmet Namgyal: “Power Development in Leh District” (PDF 1MB)
  • Helena Norberg-Hodge: “The Social and Environmental Cost of the Global Economy: Lessons from Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Tsering Norboo & Tsering Morup: “Culture, Health and Illness in Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
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Fateh Chand Negi: “Economic and Cultural Life of the Frontier Region of Himachal Pradesh” (PDF 1MB)
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Sonam Phuntsog: “Sacrificial Offerings to Local Deities in Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Ali Mohd. Rather: “Discrimination in Ladakhi Society: a Study of Mons and Bedas of Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Peter Schwieger: “Kathog Rigzin Tsewang Norbu’s (Ka’-thog-rig-‘dzin Tshe-dbang-nor-bu) diplomatic mission to Ladakh in the 18th century” (PDF 1MB)
  • Abdul Ghani Sheikh: “Some Well-known Adventurers of Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)
  • Harjit Singh: “Ecology and Development in High Altitude Ladakh: a Conflicting Paradigm” (PDF 1MB)
  • Smriti Srinivas: “The Household, Integration and Exchange: Buddhists and Muslims in the Nubra Valley” (PDF 2MB)
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Nawang Tsering: “The Wheel of Life: The Cycle of Rebirth in Buddhism” (PDF 1MB)
  • Lobzang Tsewang: “A Comparative Study of Salvation in Christianity and Buddhism” (PDF 1MB)
  • Stanzin Tondup: “Health Activities in Leh District, Ladakh” (PDF 1MB)


In Ladakhi:


  • Jamyang Gyaltsen: “la dwags su sangs rgyas kyi bstan pa dar tshul: jam dbyang rgyal mtshan (The Introduction of Buddhism in Ladakh)” (PDF 1MB)
  • Lozang Jamspal: “la dwags rgyal rim yon bdag rnam lnga ba mgo byams pa rnam gsum: blo bzang ‘jam dpal (The Five Royal Patrons and Three Maitreya Images in Basgo)” (PDF 1MB)
  • Chhimet Namgyal: “la dwags kyi skad: chi med rnam rgyal lte ba pa (Ladakhi Language)” (PDF 1MB)
  • Konchok Namgyal: “’chams gyi nad don mo ra bsdus dkon mchog ram rgyal: dkon mchog nam rgyal (The Significance of Chams Performance)” (PDF 1MB)
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Sonam Phuntsog: “la dwags su yul lhar dmar chod: bsod nams phun tshogs (Sacrificial offerings to Local Deities in Ladakh)” (PDF 1MB)
  • Tsewang Rigzin: “la dwags nang so nam pa’i las: tshe dbang rig ‘dzin (Farming in Ladakh)” (PDF 1MB)