Ladakhi histories : local and regional perspectives / edited by John Bray.

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List Of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; John Bray -- Introduction: Locating Ladakhi History; Philip Denwood -- Early Connections between Ladakh/Baltistan and Amdo/Kham; Bettina Zeisler -- On the Position of Ladakhi and Balti in the Tibetan Language Family; Christian Luczanits -- The Early Buddhist Heritage of Ladakh Reconsidered; Roberto Vitali -- Some Conjectures on Change and Instability during the One Hundred Years of Darkness in the History of La dwags (1280s-1380s); Neil Howard -- Sultan Zain-ul Abidin's Raid into Ladakh; Jigar Mohammed -- Mughal Sources on Medieval Ladakh.

Peter Schwieger -- Documents on the Early History of He-na-ku, a Petty Chiefdom in LadakhNicola Grist -- The History of Islam in Suru; Tashi Stobdan -- Gyajung Nagpo; Peter Marczell -- Dr. James G. Gerard's Unfulfilled Ambition to Visit Ladakh; Peter Marczell -- Csoma Korösi's Pseudonym; Neil Howard -- The Development of the Boundary between the State of Jammu & Kashmir and British India, and its Representation on Maps of the Lingti Plain; K. Warikoo -- Political Linkages between Ladakh and Eastern Turkestan under the Dogras during the 19th Century.

John Bray -- Early Protestant Missionary Engagement with the Himalayan Region and TibetChristian Heyde -- The Early History of the Moravian Mission in the Western Himalayas: the Life and Work of Wilhelm and Maria Heyde; A.H. Francke -- Schools in Leh. Translated, with an Introduction by Gabriele Reifenberg; Poul Pedersen -- Prince Peter, Polyandry and Psychoanalysis; Janet Rizvi -- Trade and Migrant Labour: Inflow of Resources at the Grassroots; Jacqueline Fewkes & Abdul Nasir Khan -- Social Networks and Transnational Trade in early 20th Century Ladakh.

Nawang Tsering Shakspo -- The Life and Times of Geshe Ye-shes-don-grupErberto Lo Bue -- Lives and Works of Traditional Buddhist Artists in 20th Century Ladakh. A Preliminary Account; Fernanda Pirie -- The Impermanence of Power: Village Politics in Ladakh, Tibet and Nepal; Contributors; Index.

This book presents the most important findings of recent historical research on Ladakh in the Indian Himalaya. It draws on contributions from historians, art historians, linguists and anthropologists to provide a much richer view of the region's past than was previously available.

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