Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary panoramic maps of routes across Tibet and the Himalayas, clearly hand-drawn in the late 1850s by a local artist, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. Diana Lange now reveals not only the previously unknown identity of the Scottish colonial official who commissioned the maps from a Tibetan Buddhist lama, but also the story of how the Wise Collection came to be in the British Library. The result is both a spectacular illustrated ethnographic atlas and a unique compendium of knowledge concerning the mid-19th century Tibetan world, as well as a remarkable account of an academic journey of discovery. It will entertain and inform anyone with an interest in this fascinating region. This large format book is lavishly illustrated in colour and includes four separate large foldout maps.
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Front Matter Copyright Page Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration
Chapter 1 The Wise Collection: An Overview 1 - 17 Chapter 2 The Wise Collection: Reading Maps and Drawings 18 - 20 Chapter 3 The Wise Collection: A Biography 21 - 25 Chapter 4 The Wise Collection Key Players: William Edmund Hay and the Tibetan Lama 26 - 37 Chapter 5 Historical Background 38 - 41 Chapter 6 Peoples and Costumes of the Himalayas 42 - 54 Chapter 7 Putting Lhasa on the Map 56 - 70 Chapter 8 Places and Events in Lhasa 72 - 154 Chapter 9 Journey to the South 156 - 244 Chapter 10 Journey to the West 246 - 305 Chapter 11 Travelling in the West: The Ladakh Indus Valley and Zangskar Valley 306 - 341 Chapter 12 Conclusion: Understanding the Wise Collection 342 - 345
Back Matter Glossary List of Tibetan Words 349 - 356 Bibliography Index
