Published in May 2015 by the University of Chicago Press, “A Historical Atlas of Tibet” By Karl Ryavic documents cultural and religious sites across the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering regions from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times all the way up to today.
As tweeted by @AndrewQuintman:
Just rcvd Karl Ryavec's Historical Atlas of Tibet (@UChicagoPress). Should be writing but there goes my afternoon! pic.twitter.com/ZbemFRRDmO
— Andrew Quintman (@AndrewQuintman) June 10, 2015
From the University of Chicago Press website:
The product of twelve years of research and eight more of mapmaking, A Historical Atlas of Tibet […] ranges through the five main periods in Tibetan history, offering introductory maps of each followed by details of western, central, and eastern regions. It beautifully visualizes the history of Tibetan Buddhism, tracing its spread throughout Asia, with thousands of temples mapped, both within Tibet and across North China and Mongolia, all the way to Beijing. There are maps of major polities and their territorial administrations, as well as of the kingdoms of Guge and Purang in western Tibet, and of Derge and Nangchen in Kham. There are town plans of Lhasa and maps that focus on history and language, on population, natural resources, and contemporary politics.
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