Welcome to Flight of the Khyung as we take in the most ancient bronzes of Tibet! This month’s newsletter presents the second part of an article on the art…
research and exploration in Spiti, they freely shared their own findings with me. Without their active assistance, the writing of this month’s newsletter would not have been possible. Over the…
…corner of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. This newsletter and others to follow will explore the early culture and history of Spiti. Until now, very little has been written…
…BMC Biology, vol. 6 (no. 45). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605740/?tool=pubmed This study reconstructs the phylogeography of the D-M174 patrilineage, which defines a sub-haplogroup shared primarily by today’s Tibetans, Japanese and Andaman islanders. The…
…National Endowment for the Humanities Rubin Museum of Art shared grant (New York City) 2000: Philadelphia Theravadin Meditation Center (Philadelphia, PA) 2001, 1998: Spalding Trust (Stowmarket, UK) 1998, 1997: Shang…
…Kashmiri handicrafts have sought markets elsewhere in India. In the last decade, there has been a proliferation in the numbers of shops run by Kashmiris in Upper Dharamsala. Their participation…
…and a white patch on the rump, is likely to have extended into lower elevation regions of Upper Tibet as well. We can infer that colder and drier conditions and…
Pradesh, as well as sLe-mi, Mu-gu, Dol-po and ’Om-lo, in Nepal, shared very close cultural affinities with Zhang-zhung. Western delimitation: Ru-thog to the border with La-dwags. Gu-ge to the border…
…the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau”, in International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), published online, April 13, 2013. This is an overview study of Changthang lakes, providing rates of shrinkage and other general data….
…Tibet’s ancient cultural heritage and of value to archaeologists and cultural historians. The second article in this newsletter reviews a recently published article on the origins of agriculture in Tibet…
…difficult to transport large numbers of ceramics over the Himalaya. As noted in last month’s newsletter, the evidence generally indicates that these regions shared certain cultural customs and traditions in common….
Sitting and Running The expedition season is set to start. Soon I shall turn my attention to logistical organization, negotiations, and the challenges and joys of living on the…
…entertained his nephew and I. Mr. Nawaz Lal was a minister in the Provincial government during Zulfirkar Ali Butto’s rule of Pakistan. For most of the day, Mr. Nawaz shared…
…this newsletter since its inception. Let me also take this occasion to greet those who might be new to this online publication. May you find something of interest among its…
…of the same size and shape. Turquoise beads of this type and size are still made for the Tibetan market today. Not only does this discovery confirm that turquoise has…
…that, as regards Eternal Bon usage, it is not relevant to search for the semantic roots of the verb and noun bon in Dunhuang documents. The historical linguistic continuity in…
blanketed in rubble, much of which appears to have once been an integral part of the complex. There are no signs of contemporary usage of the archaeological site. Approximately 100…
…and farmers The search for well-being through the ages Today’s shaman successors to the adepts of Zhang Zhung Prologue Bibliography Index 2013 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse…
…countries or parts of countries that share the same set of natural habitats and geographic features should consider allying themselves under an umbrella organization, in order to better respond to…
…other specialists to share their knowledge and ideas about the Khardong sculpture. There is always room in this newsletter for the informed contributions of others. Lucky but different: Non-standard auspicious…
…of the early cultural history of Spiti through its pictorial record complements articles in the May and June newsletters. On the Spiti Antiquities Expedition (May and June of this year),…
A monthly newsletter dedicated to Tibetan archaeology, Tibetan cultural history, Tibetan art history, Tibetan spirit-mediums, the Bon religion, Tibetological conferences, and personal expeditionary activities and journal entries, as well…
This month’s newsletter is dedicated to tigers, that fearsome carnivore of eastern Eurasia. These creatures are part of the cultural and artistic heritage of many peoples in the region….
…the Chinese Cultural Revolution. There will be more on the ancient fastholds of Lake Dangra in next month’s Flight of the Khyung. There are no other major ruins visible in…
…the Himalayan Art Resources website (http://www.himalayanart.org), under the behest of Donald Rubin, a longtime benefactor of my research work. It appears under the following URL: http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=3108. However, the formatting of…
Greetings and get ready for another Flight of the Khyung! This month’s newsletter has four features ranging from ancient glories to contemporary threats, taking you far and wide. The…
valleys, as it does today, crossing a string of smaller passes). This route facilitated exchanges of many kinds in the second millennium CE, but earlier usage is indicated by the…
…Upper Tibet, were annexed by his Central Tibetan state known as Purgyal Bod. In December’s newsletter I will share another discovery made at Tamchok Ngangpa Do, the final chapter in…
