Journal of the Tibet Society
The Journal of the Tibet Society is a publication of the Tibet Society, founded and incorporated as a non-profit organisation in 1966. Since its inception, the Tibet Society has published a periodical, first the Tibet Society Newsletter (from 1967), then the Tibet Society Bulletin (from 1969) and finally the Journal of the Tibet Society from 1981 onwards. This periodical was established to answer the long-felt need for a specialised periodical devoted to the highest standards of scholarship in the field of Tibetan Studies. Edited by Christopher I. Beckwith and Elliot Sperling at Indiana University, eight volumes of the journal have been published between 1981 and 1988. Together with the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, Digital Himalaya is co-hosting this important scholarly journal on its journal pages. On account of the compression format we have used for the PDF files, we advise that you install the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat which can be downloaded by clicking here. Please send us a short email to say whether this service is of interest and utility to you.
Silver on Lapis - Twentieth Anniversary Special, 1987
- Cover, contents, preface, and acknowlegdements (196 kb)
- History
The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History (104 kb)
author: Christopoher I. Beckwith - The Dynasty of Bzang-la (Zanskar, West-Tibet) and Its Chronology: A Reconsideration (216 kb)
author: Eva K. Dargyay - Some Notes on the Early 'Bri-gung-pa Sgom-pa (236 kb)
author: Elliot Sperling - Medicine
The Development of the Human Embryo According to Tibetan Medicine: The Treatise Written for Alexander Csoma de Korös by Sangs-rgyas Phun-tshogs (68 kb)
author: Thubten Jigme Norbu - Researches on Poison, Garuda-Birds, and Naga-Serpents Based on the Sgrub thabs kun btus (164 kb)
author: Alex Wayman - Philology
Text Structure and Rule Ordering in the First Tibetan Grammatical Treatise (324 kb)
author: Roy Andrew Miller - Notes on Csoma de Korös's Translation of a Tibetan Passport (140 kb)
author: Turrel V. Wylie - Thought
Une polémique sur l'authenticité des Bka'-than au 17° siècle (428 kb)
author: Anne-Marie Blondeau - Dualism in Tibetan Cosmogonic Myths and the Question of Iranian Influence (124 kb)
author: Per Kværne - Illusion Web: Locating the Ghuyagarbha Tantra in Buddhist Intellectual History (452 kb)
author: Dan Martin