Indo-Tibetan Schools of Art and Architecture in the Western Himalaya: The Instance of Ribba in Kinnaur
Impressions of Bhutan and Tibetan Art: Tibetan Studies III. PIATS 2000: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
Format:
Conference Paper
Publication Date:
200200/2002
Publisher:
Brill
Place of Publication:
Leiden; Boston; Köln
Pages:
91-112
Sources ID:
123547
Collection:
Tibetan and Himalayan Library
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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This paper looks at how Tibetan and Indian architectural styles combined in the Western Himalaya, taking the Lo tsA ba lha khang of Ribba as an example. The temple's structure and sculptures are described in detail. The first part of the paper sets the context in which the temple was built by outlining the changing religious and political climate of the Western Himalayan border regions as they went from being peripheral areas during the first diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet to being right at the cross-roads of the second diffusion. (Ben Deitle 2006-05-04)
Publisher URL:
http://www.brill.nl/
Format:
Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Subjects:
International Association of Tibetan Studies