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| Central Asian Studies |
| Central Asian Studies continues a series of scholarly books on Central Asia and the Himalayas started in the early 1970s by a British publisher. The series comprises some re-issues of the previous books, as well as new titles. NOTE: Limited availability of some of the older titles. |
| Anthropology |
| The Badi of West Nepal Prostitution as a Social Norm Among an Untouchable Caste by Thomas Cox 2nd edition 2006, 50 pp., table of Badi argot, appendix on Badi religion and origin myths, bibliography, Softcover, 21.5 x 15 cm. ISBN 988-97764-6-4 $18.00 ISBN 978-988-97764-6-6 This pioneering monograph on the anthropology of the Badi, an untouchable caste in West Nepal whose livelihood depends on the proceeds of prostitution, served to raise awareness of the risks of their way of life, and to facilitate empowerment of new leaders within their communities. While the initial focus of aid organizations was on prevention of the spread of the HIV virus, the ensuing resources, training and encouragement provided by these various agencies have changed the Badi's culture of fatalism and have facilitated the development of effective new Badi women leaders. |
| Buddhist Daily Ritual The Nitya Puja In Kathmandu Valley Shrines by Gregory Sharkey with Foreword by Richard F. Gombrichand Illustrations by Mukti Singh Thapa 2001. 387 pp., 23 colour photographs, 11 sketches. 22 x 16 cm., hardbound. ISBN-10: 974-8304-80-9 $39.50. In India, 695 rupees. ISBN-13: 978-974-8304-80-9 This book presents findings of research on a particular form of Buddhist ritual practiced by Sakyas and Vajracaryas, the inheritors of the monastic tradition and the highest Buddhist castes among the Newars, the indigenous people of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The author presents an authentic record of a unique form of Buddhist devotionalism and ritual: the everyday practices of the Newar Buddhists, the sole remnant of South Asia’s once extensive Mahayana community. Specifically, the exoteric liturgies performed each day at the main shrines of bahahs and bahis (as traditional Newar Buddhist viharas are known) are described, and the relationship of these rites to other elements of Newar Buddhist practice are analyzed, in order to shed light on connections between the latter and Buddhist practices elsewhere. This book is a major contribution to the study of South Asian ritual and Buddhist devotionalism. |
| The Cultural History of Tibet by David L. Snellgrove & Hugh E. Richardson 3rd edition 2004. 320 pp., 121 b&w photos, 2 maps, biblio, index, 24.5 x 17.5 cm., softcover. ISBN-10: 974-524-033-8 $35.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-524-033-9 Remains one of the very best surveys of the Tibetans, their religion and rich, complex culture, with continuing relevance today, as we witness the ongoing destruction of this culture at the hands of the occupying Chinese population. In Snellgrove’s words, the book serves to ‘keep in public view the clear historical right of the Tibetan people to self-determination’. With a new preface, and obituary describing the life and career of Hugh Richardson (1905-2000), by co-author David Snellgrove. |
| Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan Successors by David L. Snellgrove 2004. 666 pp., 122 b&w pl., 5 maps, 1 line drawing, bibliography and index, 24.5 x 17.5 cm., hardcover. ISBN-10: 974-524-013-3 $45.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-524-013-1 This monumental study provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet, where it was tranferred more or less complete preceding its demise in northern India in the thirteenth century ad. It is especially informative on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries, but also deals at length with the earlier evolution of Buddhist doctrines, the ‘Three Turnings of the Wheel’, during the first thousand years. Later in the book the author deals mainly with the conversion of Tibet. He emphasizes the great importance played by the kingdoms of Central Asia along the ancient Silk Route in the gradual process of Tibetan conversion. Acknowledging his debt to other scholars of this little-known part of the world, Professor Snellgrove draws upon contemporary documents to illustrate the cultural changes that came over Tibet as a result of its rule from the seventh to ninth centuries of an extensive Central Asian Empire, a period of their history largely forgotten by the Tibetans themselves when they later embarked upon the wholesale absorption of Buddhism from its Indian source in the period up to the thirteenth century. |
| The Nine Ways of Bön: Excerpts from gZi-brjid Edited and translated by David Snellgrove 2008, 318 pp, 22 b&w plates, 24.5 x 17.5 cm., softcover. ISBN-10: 974-524-111-3 Price to be announced. ISBN-13: 978-974-524-111-4 To practising bonpos, Bön simply means the true religion of Tibet, while to Tibetan Buddhists, Bön refers to the false teachings and practices that were prevalent before Buddhism finally succeeded in gaining a firm hold on the country. The present study resulted from a period during which the author, a renowned scholar of Asian languages and cultures, was engaged in intense contact with practicing bonpos. It consists of the translation of fundamental texts of Bon, based on a manuscript of some 400 years of age, in which the entire Bön tantric practice is summarized. In many ways remarkably parallel to the early Buddhist teachings, much of the Bön tradition was subsequently incorporated back into Buddhism when that religion was formally adopted into Tibetan culture. This important study, first published in the 1960s and long out of print, will be welcomed by all with interest in the religions of the Himalayas. |
Peasants and Workers in Nepal
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| Princely States of India: A Guide to Chronology and Rulers by David Henige 2004. 230 pp., one colour plate, index, 21.5 x 15 cm., hardcover. ISBN-10: 974-524-049-4 $29.50 ISBN-13: 978-974-524-049-0 In both magnitude and length of time the Princely States of India represented both the paradigm for, and acme of, the British imperial policy of Indirect Rule, whereunder the ’traditional’ ruling classes were expected to assume the burden of administration. By Independence in 1947 the Government of India recognized nearly 600 entities varying from the size of the United Kingdom, to several that consisted of a single village within less than a square mile. In providing a carefully assembled chronology of the leaders of the 290 most significant of these states, the author makes available a new and valuable tool for all scholars of South Asia, as well as Sikkim and the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, in the colonial period. |
Contributions to the Anthropology of Nepal
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| Tibetan Village Communities Structure and Change by Eva Dargay 1982. 120 pp., 7 plates, maps and plans, 23 x 17 cm., softbound. ISBN-10: 974-8304-51-5 $33.00 ISBN-13: 978-974-8304-51-9
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