Bulletin of Tibetology
The Bulletin of Tibetology is published bi-annually by the
Director, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (www.tibetology.net),
Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Editorial Board for this journal include
Franz-Karl Ehrhard, Acharya Samten Gyatso, Saul
Mullard, Brigitte Steinmann, Tashi Tsering, Mark Turin, and Roberto Vitali. The
editor is Anna Balikci-Denjongpa and the Director of the Institute, Rinpoche
Tashi Densapa, acts as an advisor to the journal.
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2023 Volume 54, Number 1
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2022 Volume 53, Number 1
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2021 Volume 52, Number 1
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2015 Volume 51, Numbers 1 & 2
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2014 Volume 50, Numbers 1 & 2: Special Issue
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2013 Volume 49, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (699 kb)
- Editorial (1 MB)
- Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer and the testimony of Ba (23 MB)
author: Lewis Doney - Lost and found: A fourteenth century discussion of then available sources on gNubs chen sangs rGyas ye shes (11 MB)
author: Jacob P. Dalton - Spreading the sNying thig Teachings: The biographical account of rDzogs chen pa bSod nams rin chen (1491-1559) (16 MB)
author: Franz-Karl Ehrhard - History of forgotten Mother-Monastery of the rNying ma school: dPal ri monastery in Tibetan valley of the emperors (23 MB)
author: Marc-Henri Dorche - Sojourning in the valley of happiness: Shedding new light on the sBas yul sKyid mo lung (19 MB)
author: Nikolai Solmsdorf - Book Reviews: Opening the hidden land. State formation and the construction of Sikkimese history (2 MB)
author: Francoise Pommaret - Notes on Contributors (1001 kb)
2012 Volume 48, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (271 kb)
- Editorial (158 kb)
- Spirit-Mediumship in Upper Tibet: The vocation of one expert practitioner (4 MB)
author: John Vincent Bellezza - Lamayuru (Ladakh) - Chenrezik Lhakhang the Bar do thos grol illustrated as a mural painting (2 MB)
author: Kristin Blancke - The introduction to music to delight all the sages, the medical history of Drakkar Taso Trulku Chokyi Wangchuk (1775-1837) (618 kb)
author: Stacey Van Vleet - In memory of Ellis Gene Smith (2 MB)
author: Tashi Tsering - Book Reviews: dGon rabs kun gsal nyi snang The histories of Ladakh monasteries (263 kb)
author: Roberto Vitali - Notes on Contributors (263 kb)
2012 Volume 48, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (257 kb)
- Editorial (158 kb)
- Sidekyong Tulku and the making of Sikkim for the 1911 Delhi Durbar (4 MB)
author: Emma Martin - A short communication about the 1908 'bras ljongs rgyal rabs (15 MB)
author: Tashi Tsering - Tibetan perceptions of a foreign cult: The sandalwood statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, known as the Tsan Dan Jo Bo (11 MB)
author: Roberto Vitali - Notes on Contributors (221 kb)
2011 Volume 47, Number 1-2
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- Cover, contents (277 kb)
- Editorial (http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_2011_01_editorial.pdf)
author: 141 kb - Education, contemplative, practice and neuroscience: Towards a synthesis (123 kb)
author: Richard Davidson - Ask not what Buddhism can do for cognitive science; Ask what congnitive science can do for Buddhism (223 kb)
author: Jay L. Garfield - Remarks concerning possible relationship betweens science and Buddhism on two levels: I. fundamental principles, and II. method (141 kb)
author: Laurent Nottale - Broken Shrines: Sikkim's monastic heritage after the earthquake (4 MB)
author: Chetan Raj Shrestha - Historic evolution of the Sikkimese monastery (1 MB)
author: Gary Chopel - Between the earthquake stands a monastery (408 kb)
author: Kerry Little - The precious ocean of amazing faith: The history and practices of Chumpong Mani Lakhang (temple) (187 kb)
author: Hissey Wongchuk Bhutia - Bhutan's national archives : Preserving the past, building the future (3 MB)
author: Felicity Shaw - Book Reviews: Sikkim. ethnicity and political dynamics. A triadic perspective (186 kb)
author: Melanie Vandenhelsken - Obituary: Dr Andre Alexander 17.01.1965 - 21.01.2012 conservation pioneer and Himalayan heritage hero (324 kb)
author: Per K. Sorensen - Obituary: Andre Alexander: Message from Princess Hope Leezum (402 kb)
author: Hope Leezum - Notes on Contributors (120 kb)
2010 Volume 46, Number 2
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- Address by H.H. Dalai Lama (7 MB)
author: Dalai Lama - Address by Balmiki Prasad Singh: His Excellency the Governor of Sikkim (4 MB)
author: Balmiki Prasad Singh - The Bahudha approach: A path towards a harmonious world (13 MB)
author: Balmiki Prasad Singh - Ways to achieve the goals of education: Insights from neuroscience, psychology and teaching (29 MB)
author: Adele Diamond - Schooling, identity and citizenship education: An ethnographic study (16 MB)
author: Meenakshi Thapan - Meditation on dependent origination (12 MB)
author: Khenpo Ngawang Jorden - Notes on Contributors (3 MB)
2009 Volume 45, Number 2 & 2010 Volume 46, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (713 kb)
- Editorial Introduction (320 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - Repaying a 'debt' with land, grain and taxes: Yug Phyogs Thub and his service to Bhutan during the Sino-Nepalese war (788 kb)
author: Sual Mullard - 'A difficult country, a hostile chief, and a still more hostile minister': The Angle-Sikkim war of 1861 (376 kb)
author: Alex McKay - Alliances and power in Central Bhutan: A narrative of religion, prestige and wealth (mid 19th-mid 20th centuries) (545 kb)
author: Francoise Pommaret - 'Official graffiti' and the regulation of everyday life in urban Bhutan: A view from below (457 kb)
author: Richard W. Whitecross - The use of festival jesters to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS in Bhutan: Atsaras as social messengers (485 kb)
author: Hakan Sandgren - Chilli transactions in Bhutan: An economic, social, and cultural perspective (287 kb)
author: Akiko Ueda & Tashi Samdup - The Lepcha Padim of Lingko, Dzongu, North Sikkim (274 kb)
author: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa - Narrations of contest: Competition among represtatives of local Lepcha belief and Guru Rinpoche in Sikkim (578 kb)
author: Jenny Bentley - Reification of ethnicty in Sikkim: 'Tribalism' in progress (572 kb)
author: Melanie Vandenhelsken - Notes on Contributors (374 kb)
2009 Volume 45, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (447 kb)
- The Jonangpa after Taranatha: Auto/Biographical writings on the transmission of esoteric Buddhist knowledge in the Seventeenth century Tibet (164 kb)
author: Micheal R. Sheehy - Introduction to the life of Karma Pakshi (1204/6-1283) (816 kb)
author: Charles Mason - Karmic forshadowing on the path of fruition: Narrative devices in the biographies of Nyang Ral Nyima 'Odzer (292 kb)
author: Daniel Hirshberg - Book Reviews: Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang: Rites and teachings for this life and beyond (86 kb)
author: Joel Gruber - Book Reviews: Lamas, shamans and ancestors: Village religion in Sikkim (33 kb)
author: Anne De Sales - Notes on Contributors (52 kb)
2008 Volume 44, Number 1-2
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- Cover, contents (412 kb)
- Turning the wheel off the dharma in Zhing Sa Va Lung: The dPal Ri sPrul sKus (17th Century to 20th Centuries) (215 kb)
author: Franz-Karl Ehrhard - Narrations about a yogi in Sikkim (4.8 MB)
author: Melanie Vandenhelsken - Buddhism in the Himalayan belt (167 kb)
author: P.K. Gautam - Tibet Today (98 kb)
author: Sonam Wangdi - Laso mung sung: Lepcha oral tradition as a reflexion of culture (321 kb)
author: Jenny Bentley - S. Mahinda Thero: The Sikkimese who gave lankans their freedom song (119 kb)
author: Pema Wangchuk Dorjee - A brief biography of Kazi Dawa Samdup (1868-1922) (48 kb)
author: Dusho P.W. Samdup - Conference report:Golden jubilee conference of the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim 1-5 October 2008 (27 kb)
author: John Bray - Recent acquisitions to the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology holdings and future publications (55 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - The British residency in the Himalayan state of Sikkim: A heritage building restored to its former glory (617 kb)
author: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa - Book Reviews: Buddha and the post 9/11 world (37 kb)
author: Alex Mackay - Book Reviews: A rosary of rubies of the Gur-rigs mDo-chen tradition from South-Western Tibet (30 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - Book Reviews: Tibetan modernities: Notes from the field on cultural and social change (53 kb)
author: Mark Turin - Obituary: Princess Pema Tsedeun of Sikkim (1924-2008): Founder member Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (520 kb)
- Obituary: Tashi Topden, IAS (1948-2009): Director Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 1995-2002 (22 kb)
- Notes on Contributors (33 kb)
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2007 Volume 43, Number 1-2
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- Cover, contents (406 kb)
- Editorial Introduction (30 kb)
author: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa - When Nurkit Returns (34 kb)
author: Charishma K. Lepcha - In awe of so many MUNG: Halfdan Silger in Sikkim Himalayas (138 kb)
author: Haleen Plaisier - Lepchas and their hydel protest (161 kb)
author: Pema Wangchuk - Vanishing Lepchas: Change and cultural revival in a mountain community of Sikkim (148 kb)
author: Jenny Bentley - Lepcha hunters' narratives of their hidden landscape (123 kb)
author: Kerry Little - Book Reviews: Kangchendzonga: Sacred summit (35 kb)
author: Brigitte Steinmann - Obituary: Dzongsar Ngari Chodje Thingo Rinpoche (1945-2008) (139 kb)
author: Susanne Von Der Heide - Notes on Contributors (24 kb)
2006 Volume 42, Number 1-2
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- Cover, contents (385 kb)
- Editorial Introduction (38 kb)
author: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa - The garden of liberation: A brief account of the manner in which, in the celestial realm of Sikkim, the sNag Sog Gong lineage spread and the 5th Dalai Lama left his mark on the rNying ma teachings (inTibetan) (163 kb)
author: Ven Khenpo L Tshering - Short biographies of three Tibetan lamas and their activities in Sikkim (107 kb)
author: Tsultsem Gyatso Acharya - Short biographies of three Tibetan lamas and their activities in Sikkim (113 kb)
author: Tsultsem Gyatso Acharya - Short biographies of three Tibetan lamas and their activities in Sikkim (85 kb)
author: Tsultsem Gyatso Acharya - Tibetan masters and the formation of the sacred site of Tashiding (221 kb)
author: Malanie Vandenhelsken - Women in the diplomatic game: Preliminary notes on the matrimonial link of the Sikkim royal family with Tibet (13th-10th centuries) (504 kb)
author: Alice Travers - Obituary: Khandro Rinpoche Pema Dechen (172 kb)
author: Tulku Thogmed - Obituary: Elanor Hopkinson (1905-2007) (172 kb)
author: Roger Croston - Notes on Contributors (25 kb)
2005 Volume 41, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (588 kb)
- The MNGA' BDAG family and their tradition of RIG 'DZIN ZHIG PO GLING PA (1524-1583) in Sikkim (1.0 MB)
author: Franz-Karl Ehrhard - The 'Tibetan' formation of Sikkim: Religion, politics and the construction of a coronation myth (111 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - A short biography of of four Tibetan lamas and their activities in Sikkim (150 kb)
author: Tsultsem Gyatso Acharya - Book Reviews: In the shadow of the Himalayas: Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim: A photographic record of John Claude White (1883-1908) (29 kb)
author: Mark Turin - Obituary: Dr Rigzin Ngodup Dhokhangpa (1943-2005) (24 kb)
author: Sonam Thinlay - Notes on Contributors (17 kb)
2005 Volume 41, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (174 kb)
- Editorial Introduction (74 kb)
author: Mark Turin - A brief introduction to Lepcha orthography and literature (323 kb)
author: Heleen Plaisier - Ritual and identity in the diaspora: The Newars of Sikkim (430 kb)
author: Bal Gopal Shreshtha - A history from the hidden land: Some preliminary remarks on a seventeenth century Sikkimese chronicle (298 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - Book Reviews: Sikkim Himalaya: Travels in the cloud Kingdom (59 kb)
author: David Lang - Obituary: German Akay (67 kb)
author: Anna Balikci-Denjongpa - Obituary: Henry George Baker (119 kb)
author: Roger Croston - Notes on Contributors (49 kb)
2004 Volume 40, Number 2
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- Cosmopolitanism in the Himalayas: the intellectual and spiritual journeys of Khu nu bLa ma sTan 'dzin rgyal mtshan and his Sikkimese teacher, Khang gsar ba bLa ma O rgyan bstan 'dzin Rin po che (160 kb)
author: Annabella Pitkin - The indigenisation of western medicine in Sikkim (168 kb)
author: Alex McKay - King Arthur comes to Tibet: Frank Ludlow and the English school in Gyantse, 1923-26 (217 kb)
author: Michael Rank - Notes on Contributors (16 kb)
2004 Volume 40, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (56 kb)
- Pilgrimage and Incest: the Case of Chorten Nyima (mChod rten nyi ma) on the Tibeto-Sikkimese Border (500 kb)
author: Katia Buffertrille - Yul and yul lha: the Territory and its Deity in Bhutan (412 kb)
author: Francoise Pommaret - Sur la tendance aux métaphores visuelle: aller voir lHa btsun chen po au Sikkim (368 kb)
author: Brigitte Steinmann - The dzumsa ('dzoms sa) of Lachen: an Example of a Sikkimese Political Institution (Translation by Anna Balikci-Denjongpa) (160 kb)
author: Sophie Bourdet-Sabatier - Notes on Contributors (24 kb)
2003 Volume 39, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (44 kb)
- Editorial (40 kb)
- Kah thog pa bSod nams rgyal mtshan (1466-1540) and his Activities in Sikkim and Bhutan (228 kb)
author: Franz-Karl Ehrhard - 'That he may take due pride in the empire to which he belongs': the Education of Maharajah Kumar Sidkeon Namgyal Tulku of Sikkim (252 kb)
author: Alex McKay - The Brag dkar pa family and g. Yang thang rdzong: and Example of Internal Alliances in Sikkim (160 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - Constructing Sikkimese National Identity in the 1960s and 1970s (200 kb)
author: Jackie Hiltz - Notes on Contributors (16 kb)
2003 Volume 39, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (52 kb)
- Praise to the lineage of H.E. Yangthang Rinpoche: mDo mang gter ston of Kham (68 kb)
author: Gos. Pema Gyaltsen - Brag dkar bkra shis shings kyi sku 'bum: the text, the author, the stupa and its importance in the formation of religious politics in Sikkim. (156 kb)
author: Saul Mullard - Origins of the Bumchu (bum chu) of Drakar Tashiding (brag dkar bkra shis sdings) (64 kb)
author: Rigzin Ngodub Dokhampa - A Pilgrim's guide to the Hidden Land of Sikkim proclaimed as a treasure by Rig 'dzin rgod kyi ldem 'phru can (280 kb)
author: Martin J. Boord - Secularism and the Buddhist monastery of Pemayangtse in Sikkim (220 kb)
author: Melanie Vandenhelsken - sBas yul 'bras mo ljongs: the Hidden Valley of Sikkim (120 kb)
author: Rigzin Bgodup Dokhampa & Thupten Tenzin (English Translator) - Book Reviews: A saga of Sikkim's supremely revered four pioneer Nyingmapa reincarnates and their torchbearers (44 kb)
author: Françoise Pommaret - Notes on Contributors (24 kb)
2002 Volume 38, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (40 kb)
- Kangchendzönga: Secular and Buddhist perceptions of the mountain deity of Sikkim among the Lhopos (364 kb)
author: Anna Balikci Denjongpa - Marriage Customs and Practices of teh Me rag Sag steng Nomads ('Brog pa-s) of Bkra shis sgang, Eastern Bhutan) (232 kb)
- News from the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim (20 kb)
- Notes on Contributors (12 kb)
2002 Volume 38, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (40 kb)
- Development of different schools of thoughts in Buddhism (96 kb)
author: Dr. Ashwani Kumar - KARMAPAS: A historical and philosophical introduction (140 kb)
author: Dr. Ashwani Kumar - Cha-Yig Rinpoche: The armour of benefit and comfort (60 kb)
author: Dr. Chowling Acarya - Ye-shes-sDe: Tibetan Scholar and Saint (228 kb)
author: Dr. Sherab Rhaldi - Buddha karak dharmon ka Sangraha (368 kb)
author: Dr. P.G. Yogi - Back cover (64 kb)
2001 Volume 37, Number 3
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- Cover, contents (36 kb)
- The Attainment of the Buddhahood and Bodhisattvas (136 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - Bhot deshiya vibhinna Baudha Sampradhyon ki Utpatti (Hindi) (316 kb)
author: Dr. Chowang Acharya - sNyan-Ngag gsar gsar-rnying dBar rTsom- Rigs-gi Khyad-gNad (116 kb)
author: Gos Pema Gyaltsen - Back cover ( 52kb)
2001 Volume 37, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (40 kb)
- The Paramita's (268 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - The Monastery Arts and Crafts of Sikkim (216 kb)
author: Dr. Maitreyee Choudhury $ Kamal Bikash Choudhury - Back cover (52 kb)
2001 Volume 37, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (36 kb)
- The Buddha (172 kb)
author: Prof P.G. Yogi - Dus-chen Ngos-Dzin dang Phyag-mChod Byas-Pa'i Phan-Yon (Tibetan) (120 kb)
author: Gos Pema Gyaltsen - Back cover (52 kb)
2000 Volume 36, Numbers 1 - 3
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- Cover, contents (44 kb)
- Reincarnation and Politics in Tibet (144 kb)
author: Dr. Karubaki Datta - The Doctrine of Kaya (Trikaya) (296 kb)
author: Prof P.G. Yogi - The Vedic and Buddhist Concept of Dharma (228 kb)
author: Prof P.G. Yogi - A Short Biography of Naljor Chedzhi (396 kb)
author: Dr. Rigzin Ngodup - Back cover (56 kb)
1999 Volume 35, Number 3
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- Cover, contents (36 kb)
- An Introduction to rTse in Tibetan Buddhism - Astrology and Horoscope (44 kb)
author: Tenzing Norbu Sithar - Drowa Regdruk (Six realms of Life) (24 kb)
author: Tenzing Norbu Sithar - Cessation and the Way Thereto (Nirodha - Magga) (168 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - Bhagwan Buddha ke Tri-Kaya: Ek Samiksha (252 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - Notes & Topics: Three Divine Bodies: Tri Kaya (24 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - Back cover (36 kb)
1999 Volume 35, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (36 kb)
- Biography of Terton Rigzin God ki dem 'Phru-can, 1337-1408 (Tibetan) (144 kb)
author: Dr. Rigzin Ngodup - Universal Suffering (140 kb)
author: P.G. Yogi - Back cover (40 kb)
1999 Volume 35, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (52 kb)
- Rygal-Po A sho-ka's lo- rGyus mDor-bsdus (Tibetan) (196 kb)
- Chronicle of King Asoka: as depicted in the history of Buddhism in India (English Translation) (184 kb)
- Back cover (44 kb)
1998 Volume 34, Number 3
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- Cover, contents (40 kb)
- Humanism in Buddhism (100 kb)
author: Dr. Ashwani Kumar - Sikkim: The Hidden Holy Land and its Sacred Lakes (72 kb)
author: Dr. Chowang Acharya & Acharya Sonam Gyatso Dokham - Analysis of Tantrayana (Vajrayana) (240 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - Notes & Topics (12 kb)
author: Acharya Sonam Gyatso Dokham - Back cover (44 kb)
1998 Volume 34, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (48 kb)
- Aspects of Monastic Education ion Sikkim (80 kb)
author: Dr. Chowang Acharya - Buddhism and Bon. (92 kb)
author: Tsewang Tamding - Adhunik Yug Mein Dharmon ki Bhumika (364 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - Back cover (56 kb)
1998 Volume 34, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (56 kb)
- sBas-Yul 'Bras-moljongs (Hidden Valley of Bounty) (152 kb)
author: Dr. Rigzin Ngodup Dokham - Bod-kyi sNyan-nGag gi lo-rGyus modr-bsdus (Hisotry of Tibetan Poetry Synopsis) (240 kb)
author: Acharya Tsultsem Gyatso - Boudha Tantra Vajrayana ki Samiksha (500 kb)
author: Prof. P.G. Yogi - The Three Fundamental Yanas (The symbol of ultimate goal) (64 kb)
author: Acharya Sonam Gyatso Dokhanm - Notes & Topics: Apotheosis of Tantra (32 kb)
author: Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Notes & Topics: Buddhism as I Understood (48 kb)
author: Tsewang Tamding - Back cover (80 kb)
1997 Volume 33, Number 3
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- Cover, contents (52 kb)
- Tibetan Article (296 kb)
- Tibetan Article (76 kb)
- Tibetan Article (36 kb)
- Tibetan Article (164 kb)
- Tibetan Article (56 kb)
- The compiled works from Tibetan sources. (256 kb)
- A Short Biography of Shariputra (92 kb)
- A Concise Biography of Maha-Maudgalyayana (48 kb)
- The Renunciation of Household and Embracing Monkhood by Arya Shariputra and Arya Maudgalyana (136 kb)
- The Attainment of Nirvana by Arya Shariputra and Maha Maudgalyayana (52 kb)
- Back cover (68 kb)
1997 Volume 33, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (44 kb)
- Promotion of Sanskrit Studies in Sikkim (108 kb)
author: S.K. Pathak - Trends in the Development of Buddhism (64 kb)
author: Biswanath Banerjee - Some Human Aspects Promulgated Among the Tibetans with Reference to Za Ma Tog Bskod Pa (Karanda Vyuha) (56 kb)
author: Buddhadev Bhattacharya - The Concepts of Vajra and its Symbolic Transformation (240 kb)
author: B. Ghosh - The Jhanas in the Theravada Buddhism: Jhanam-Meditation, Abstraction of the Mind (56 kb)
author: P.G. Yogi - Sthavirvadi Boudha Sadhana (Hindi) (384 kb)
author: P.G. Yogi - Notes & Topics: On Tibetology (Reprint B.T. No. 1, 1964) (68 kb)
author: Maharaj Kumar Palden Thondup Namgyal - Notes & Topics: Sanskrit and Tibetan (28 kb)
author: Maharaj Kumar Palden Thondup Namgyal - Notes & Topics: On Buddhistics (Hybrid) Sanskrit (72 kb)
author: Dr. Sukumar Sen - Notes & Topics: Sanskrit Across the Himalayas (132 kb)
author: Prof. Nirmal C. Sinha - Back cover (56 kb)
1997 Volume 33, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (52 kb)
- Some Language Traits in the Ladwags version of the Gesar epic (164 kb)
author: Smt. Anandamayee Ghosh - Buddha's Approach Towards Woman Status (148 kb)
author: Shri Aswani Kumar and Namita Singh - An Introduction to the Perfection of wisdom (56 kb)
author: Shri Thupten Tenzing - Himalayan Drama (92 kb)
author: Shri Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Bharatiya Darshanme Nirvana Ka Svarup - Ek Adhyayan (624 kb)
author: Shri P.G. Yogi - Notes & Topics: The Responsibility of a Buddhist in the Present Day World - I (28 kb)
author: Karma Thinlay Gyaltsen - Notes & Topics: The Responsibility of a Buddhist in the Present Day World - II (28 kb)
author: Norbu Tsering Gensapa - Notes & Topics: Activities of SRIT 1995-97 (52 kb)
author: B. Ghosh and Tenzin Samphel - Obituary: Prof. Nirmal Chandra Sinha = The founder Director SRIT: An appraisal of his contribution (60 kb)
author: B. Ghosh - Back cover (108 kb)
1996 Volume 32, Number 3
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- Cover, contents (64 kb)
- A Survey of Tibetan Paper Currency (1912-1959) (1.6 MB)
author: Wolfgang Bertsch - Cultural History of Ladakh - Part I
Gompas on the way from Srinagar to Leh - Part II (1.8 MB)
author: Mrs. Kamala Mukherjee - Notes & Topics: Maha Sidhi(a) of Modern Sikkim: Venerable Lama Choda Alias Labrang Gomchen (64 kb)
author: S. D. Tshering (IES) - Notes & Topics: Monasteries of Sikkim (Shunyata, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1977) (52 kb)
author: N. Dorjee - Notes & Topics: Bkra-Shi-Ldhings (Tashidhing) (Shunyata, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1978, SBA Gangtok) (40 kb)
author: N. Dorjee - Back cover (52 kb)
1996 Volume 32, Number 2
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- Cover, contents (60 kb)
- The Tibetan Literature and its Development (200 kb)
author: Prof S.K. Pathak - A Review of Sources of History of Tibet (672 kb)
author: Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Back cover (68 kb)
1996 Volume 32, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (56 kb)
- His Holiness the Late XVIth Gyalwa Karmapa (Rangjung Rigpe Dorji) (300 kb)
author: P. B. Chakrabarty - Karma and Rebirth in Buddhism (116 kb)
author: Thubten Tendzin - Review of Socio-Political Development in Tibet (600-1950) (120 kb)
author: Dr. Yeshi Choedon - Buddhist Hymnal (128 kb)
author: Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Teachings of the Collected Works of His Holiness the Vth Dalia Lama (104 kb)
author: Tenzin Samphel - A Brief Account of the Life of mNa'-bDag Sems-dPa' -Chen-Po (1591 - 1656 A.D.) (60 kb)
author: Dr. Rigzin Ngodub Dokham - Back cover (52 kb)
1995 Volume 31, Number 1
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- Cover, contents (276 kb)
- Resume (72 kb)
- Inaugural Address of H. E., The Governor of Sikkim, Shri P. Shiv Shankar. Preseident SRIT (204 kb)
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author: Khenpo Dechen Dorjee - Guru Padmasambhava's contribution: The Genesis of Buddhism in Sikkim (144 kb)
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author: Shri Ahmad Saeed - Padmasambhava and his works (116 kb)
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author: Dr. R.K. Sprigg - Cultural Identity of Sikkim: A historical perspective (56 kb)
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author: Shri S. N. Agnihotri - Monastic Dance in Rumtek Monastery (80 kb)
author: Anandmayee Ghosh, M.A. - Folk Songs and Dances of Sikkim (116 kb)
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1994 Volume 30, Number 3
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1994 Volume 30, Number 2
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1994 Volume 30, Number 1
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1993 Volume 29, Number 1, Aspects of Classical Tibetan Medicine
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1992 Volume 28, Number 3
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1992 Volume 28, Number 2
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1992 Volume 28, Number 1
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1991 Volume 27, Numbers 1 - 3
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1990 Volume 26, Numbers 1 - 3
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1989 Volume 25, Number 3
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1989 Volume 25, Number 2
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1989 Volume 25, Number 1
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1988 Volume 24, Number 3
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1988 Volume 24, Number 2
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1988 Volume 24, Number 1
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1987 Volume 23, Number 3
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1987 Volume 23, Number 2
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1987 Volume 23, Number 1
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1986 Volume 22, Number 3
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1986 Volume 22, Number 2
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author: Prof. Sunti Kumar Pathak - Inventory of Tibetan historical literature (88 kb)
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1986 Volume 22, Number 1
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1985 Volume 21, Number 3
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1985 Volume 21, Number 2
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1985 Volume 21, Number 1
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1984 Volume 20, Number 3
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author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Tibet and Bengal: A study in trade policy and trade pattern (304 kb)
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1984 Volume 20, Number 2
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author: J.K. Rechung - About Dipankara Atisa (72 kb)
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1984 Volume 20, Number 1
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1983 Volume 19, Number 1, Silver Jubilee inauguration number
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author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Bodong phyoglas rnam rgyal (84 kb)
author: J.K. Rechung - Peace and war in man's mind (40 kb)
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1982 Volume 18, Number 4
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1982 Volume 18, Number 3
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1982 Volume 18, Number 2
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1982 Volume 18, Number 1, Karmapa Commemoration Volume
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author: B. Ghosh - Six yogas of Naropa (72 kb)
author: Ringu Tulku - (Tibetan) A brief History of Karmapa and Prayer for the Rapid Reincarnation of H.H. Rang Jung Rigpai Dorjee, The 16th Karmapa (284 kb)
author: ven Chimed Rinzing Lama - A brief biography of H.H. the Gyalwa Karmapa Hjig rten dbang phyog mthing mdog cod pan, Hchang ba bcu pa chen pohi phyi yi rnam thar Rgya mcho ltar tsha med pa'las chu thig tsam Gyi sa bon bzhugs so (768 kb)
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1981 Volume 17, Number 4
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1981 Volume 17, Number 3
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1981 Volume 17, Number 2
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1981 Volume 17, Number 1
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author: Tsepon W.D.Shakapa - Devanagari text of Tarastotra (Panegyric) with translation (392 kb)
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1980 Volume 16, Numbers 1 - 3, The Alambana Pariksa of Acarya Dignaga with commentaries of Vinita Deva and Dharmapala, with Tibetan texts edited and translated with notes, by N. Aiyaswamy Shantiniketan
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author: Archarya Dinnaga - Tika of Vinitadeva (340 kb)
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1978 Volume 14, Number 1
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author: H.E. Richardson - Notes & Topics: Buddhasasana in Tibet (N.C. Sinha)
Invention of Tibetan alphabet (B. Ghosh)
Stupid Barbarian (N.C. Sinha)
Animal Symbols in Buddhist art (N.C. Sinha)
Sri Motichand pradhan (M.P. Pradhan) (44 kb) - Book Reviews (72 kb)
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1977 Volume 13, Number 3
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author: Bireshwar Prasad Singh - India and Tibet (116 kb)
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1977 Volume 13, Number 2
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1977 Volume 13, Number 1
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author: B. Ghosh - From Theravada to Zen (124 kb)
author: Lama Anagarika Govinda - The Simla Convention 1914: a Chinese puzzle (68 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Notes & Topics: Obituary: Yapshi Pheunkhang Gompo Tsering (48 kb)
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1975 Volume 12, Number 2
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author: Rechung Rimpoche - Back cover (340 kb)
1975 Volume 12, Number 1
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1974 Volume 11, Number 3, Sir Tashi Namgyal memorial lecture
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1974 Volume 11, Number 2
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1974 Volume 11, Number 1
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author: Josef Kolmas - The main features of the Tibetan dialect (52 kb)
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author: Gelonga K.Khechogpalmo - Notes & Topics: Dependent origination, free will and moral responsibility (36 kb)
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1973 Volume 10, Number 3, Sir Tashi Namgyal memorial lecture
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author: M.N. Deshpande - The Art of Ajanta: Murals (428 kb)
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author: M.N. Deshpande
1973 Volume 10, Number 2
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author: Rechung Rimpoche and Jampal Kunzang - Translation of "Byang chub ltung bshags" (204 kb)
author: Gelongma Karma Khechogpalmo - Notes & Topics: "The characteristics of rosaries" (64 kb)
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1973 Volume 10, Number 1
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author: Dr. Ernest Hetenyi - Note.ii A short history of Buddhism in Hungary (48 kb)
author: Dr. Ernest Hetenyi - Note.iii. Phallic symbols (40 kb)
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author: A.M. D'Rozario
1972 Volume 9, Number 3
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author: Prof C. Sivaramamurti
1972 Volume 9, Number 2
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author: R.K. Sprigg - Sakya Pandita's "Subhasitaratnanidhi": a work on elegant saying (112 kb)
author: B. Ghosh - Phallic symbols in Tibet (56 kb)
author: Hugh E. Richardson - Back cover (648 kb)
1972 Volume 9, Number 1
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author: N.A. Sastri - The basic principles of Buddhism and the correct method of practicing the holy Dharma (308 kb)
author: Prof. Lhodo Zangp - Alexander Csoma De Koros, the Hungarian Bodhisattva (100 kb)
author: Dr. Ernest Hetenyi - Back cover (524 kb)
1971 Volume 8, Number 2
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author: A.K. Majumdar - Prague collection of Tibetan prints from Derge (88 kb)
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author: Jahar Sen - Back cover (600 kb)
1971 Volume 8, Number 1
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author: A. Deb - A new approach to Gaudapadakarika (480 kb)
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author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Back cover (16 kb)
1970 Volume 7, Number 3
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author: Lama Anagarika Govinda - Gilgit in ancient times (372 kb)
author: Buddha Prakash - Notes & Topics: "What is Vajra" (52 kb)
author: N.C. Sinha/K.Y. Hochotsang - Obituary: Sabi La (24 kb)
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1970 Volume 7, Number 2
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- Vyanjanabhakti and irregularities in Tibetan verb (264 kb)
author: R.K. Sprigg - Study of Sanskrit grammar in Tibet (376 kb)
author: Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Notes & Topics : What is Vajra? (28 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Obituary: gSal ston shwa sgom rgyalston sprul sku" (36 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Back cover (80 kb)
1970 Volume 7, Number 1
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author: H.E. Richardson - Brahmanism and Buddhism (84 kb)
author: Nalinaksha Dutt - Brahmana and Kshatriya (68 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - The Tibeto-Burman group of languages and its pioneers (60 kb)
author: R.K. Sprigg - On the marriage customs of the Bangni (212 kb)
author: David W.M. Duncan - Back cover (248 kb)
1969 Volume 6, Number 3
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author: Bhajagovinda Ghosh - Rgyal-Srid Rin-Chen Sna-Bdun (112 kb)
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1969 Volume 6, Number 2
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author: Nirmal C. Sinha - An invasion of North India after Harsha's death (44 kb)
author: Mynak R. Tulku - Synopsis of Taranatha's history (324 kb)
author: Nalinaksha Dutt - Tibet, Kashmir and North India 647-747 (148 kb)
author: Buddha Prakash - Notes & Topics: "Sino-Indian inroads into North India" (32 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha
1969 Volume 6, Number 1
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author: H.E. Richardson - Tibetan technology and the West (80 kb)
author: Michael Aris - Notes & Topics: "Synopsis of Taranatha's History" (152 kb)
author: Nalinaksha Dutt - Obituary: Princess Pema Choki (24 kb)
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1968 Volume 5, Number 3
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author: Mynak R. Tulku - Chos srid gnyis-ldan (216 kb)
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author: Nalinaksha Dutt - Back cover (24 kb)
1968 Volume 5, Number 2
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author: N.A. Sastri - Back cover (36 kb)
1968 Volume 5, Number 1
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- Homage to Manjusri (Byang chub lam gyi rim pahi nyams len) (228 kb)
author: Lobsang Lhalungpa - The refuge: India, Tibet and Mongolia (192 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Notes & Topics: "Sabda and Rupa" and "Eight Auspicious Objects" (136 kb)
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1967 Volume 4, Number 3
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author: H.E. Richardson - Beginnings of the Lhasa expedition: YoungHusband's own words (112 kb)
author: Parshotam Mehra - Notes & Topics: "Some aspects of Tibetan learning" (76 kb)
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1967 Volume 4, Number 2
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author: N.A. Sastri - Grey wolf in Tibetan tradition (132 kb)
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1967 Volume 4, Number 1
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- Names and titles in early Tibetan records (320 kb)
author: H.E. Richardson - Non-animistic elements in Tibetan Buddhism (212 kb)
author: Siegbert Hummel - Notes & Topics: "The grey wolf" (100 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Back cover (12 kb)
1966 Volume 3, Number 3
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author: H.W. Bailey - On the Iconographical Origin of Lcam-Sring, the God of War (56 kb)
author: Juan Roger Riviere - The Lama (80 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Jo Atisa in Serling and Tholing (52 kb)
author: B.R. Chatterji - Notes & Topics: "The Tamang Lama" (104 kb)
author: C.D. Rai and others
1966 Volume 3, Number 2
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- Geographic regions of the Himalayas (684 kb)
author: Pradyumna P. Karan - Buddhism in Nepal (232 kb)
author: Nalinaksha Dutt - The Sikkimese theory of land-holding and the Darjeeling grant (172 kb)
author: Hope Namgyal - Nepal: an Introduction (48 kb)
author: B.D. Sanwal - Bhutan today (92 kb)
author: N.K. Rustomji - NEFA: an Introduction (220 kb)
author: R.N. Haldipur - Back cover (28 kb)
1966 Volume 3, Number 1
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author: R.K. Sprigg - Tax measurement and Lag'don tax (240 kb)
author: Wangchen Surkhang - Primitive maize with the Lepchas (168 kb)
author: J.K. Thapa - Was the Simla Convention not signed? (100 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Notes & Topics: "The Himalayas" (16 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Obituary: Relon Athing Sonam Dadul (20 kb)
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1965 Volume 2, Number 3
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author: Toni Schmid - Mahayana Buddhism in South India: some aspects (168 kb)
author: K.A. Nilakanta Sastri - The missing context of Chos (164 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - A fragment from Tun Huang (92 kb)
author: H.E. Richardson - Notes & Topics: The Noble Flower (188 kb)
author: Bhim Bahadur Pradhan - Back cover (20 kb)
1965 Volume 2, Number 2
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- A metrical summary of the Saddharma-Pundarika Sutra in Gostana-Desa ( 44 kb)
author: H.W. Bailey - sMan-gyi bla ( 112 kb)
author: Siegbert Hummel - Consideration on tantric spirituality ( 192 kb)
author: Thubten Tendzin - Tibet's status during the World War ( 68 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Notes & Topics: "On tantra" (20 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Back cover (12 kb)
1965 Volume 2, Number 1
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- How old was Srong brtsan sgam po (56 kb)
author: Hugh Edward Richardson - Principles of Buddhist tantrism (116 kb)
author: Lama Anagarika Govinda - The Tibetan tradition of geography (128 kb)
author: Turrel V. Wylie - Uttarakuru (108 kb)
author: Buddha Prakash - Notes & Topics: "Uttarakuru in Tibetan Tradition" (56 kb)
author: Nirmal C. Sinha - Obituary: William McGovern (20 kb)
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1964 Volume 1, Number 2
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author: Nalinaksha Dutt - Recent Russian Studies on Tibetology: a bibliographical survey (252 kb)
author: Jean M. Perrin - Hacha for Lhasa (28 kb)
author: Nirmal Chandra Sinha - A note on Mahacinatara (36 kb)
author: Nalinaksha Dutt - Obituary: Benoytosh Bhattacharya (32 kb)
1964 Volume 1, Number 1
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- On Tibetology (120 kb)
author: Palden Thondup Namgyal - Nirvana: Sunyata: Vijnaptimatrata (140 kb)
author: Nalinaksha Dutt - On the Caryapadas in Tibetan (64 kb)
author: Ram Singh Tomar - Historical status of Tibet (124 kb)
author: Nirmal Chandra Sinha - Back cover (12 kb)