Vitali: A Short History of Mustang

Vitali, Roberto:
A Short History of Mustang, 10th-15th century / Roberto Vitali. - Dharamsala : Amnye Machen Institute, 2012. - VII, 262 S.
ISBN 978-81-86227-57-2
Rs. 2000,00
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DDC: 954.96

Inhalt
Preamble. 1
PART 1: PRE-DYNASTIC MUSTANG (EARLY 10th CENTURY - MID 1350s)
Glimpses of Mustang's early secular history. 5
Glimpses of Mustang's early religious history. 22
Rulers of pre-dynastic Mustang (the Men Zhang of Mustang before A ma dpal's family. 42
Events that destabalised the status quo in Mustang and southern Byang thang (12th-13th century). 65
Glimpses of the religious history of Mustang from the late 12th to the 13th century. 72
Synopses. 88
Addendum 1: Cultural geography of lands under Mar lung following the grant of the Ya rtse king. 93
Addendum 2: Hints on the Klu ri cave. 96
PART 2: THE MUSTANG KINGDOM: GENESIS AND APOGEE (MID 1350s - 1505)
The beginning. 103
The Mustang dynasty and kingdom: its ascent to predominance in mNga' ris. 127
   A ma dpal. 127
   A mgon bzang po. 149
   bKras shis mgon. 173
The last years of the Mustang kingdom's apogee. 198
   The making of the rDo rje sgang temple at Glo sMos thang in 1485. 198
   A seng rDo rje brtan pa. 203
   bDe legs rgya mtsho. 205
   The great earthquake of the summer of 1505. 208
ADDENDUM
A bstan rtsis of Mustang history (10th-15th century). 215
Bibliography. 225
Index. 234

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