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please note that our National Research Network "The Cultural History of the Western Himalaya from the 8th Century (S98)" - generously sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund - has ended on June 30th 2013. For that reason this website will no longer be updated on a regular basis.

For information on our ongoing research, events and activities please refer to the website of our Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Documentation of Inner and South Asian Cultural History (CIRDIS).

Books and Edited Volumes

Filigenzi, A., Facenna, D. (2007), Repertorio terminologico per la schedatura delle sculture dellarte gandharica sulla base dei materiali provenienti dagli scavi della Missione Archeologica dellIsIAO nello Swat (Pakistan)/Repertory of terms for cataloguing Gandharan sculptures; based on materials from the IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Swat, Pakistan (IsIAO Reports and Memoirs). Rome.

Klimburg-Salter, D., Tropper, K., Jahoda, C. (eds) (2007), Text, Image and Song in Transdisciplinary Dialogue. Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford 2003. Vol. 7. Brill. LeidenBoston.

Klimburg-Salter, D., Liang, J., Tauscher, H. and Zhou, Y. (eds) (2008), The Cultural History of Western Tibet. Recent Research from the China Tibetology Research Center and the University of Vienna. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 71. China Tibetology Research Center, Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien. Beijing, Vienna.

Klimburg-Salter, D., Alram, M., Inaba, M., Pfisterer, M. (eds) (2010), Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millennium CE in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Österreichische Akademie der Wissen­schaften, Vienna.

Weissenborn, K. (in press), Buchkunst aus Nālandā. Die Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñā­pāramitā-Handschrift in der Royal Asiatic Society, London (Ms. Hodgson 1) und ihre Stellung in der Pāla-Buchmalerei des 11./12. Jahrhunderts. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde.

Articles

Allinger, E. (2007), Representations of the Twenty-eight Buddhas of Former Aeons at Bagan. In: G. Bhattacharya, G.J.R. Mevissen, M.M.S. Sinha (eds): KALHĀR Studies in Art, Iconography, Architecture and Archaeology of India and Bangladesh. Professor Enamul Haque Felicitation Volume. New Delhi, 73–80.

Allinger, E. (2008), Some Remarks on an Unpublished Early Tibetan Thangka Depicting Avalokitesvara Shadakshari in a Private American Collection. In: E.M. Raven (ed.): Groningen South Asian Archaaeology 1999. Proceedings of the fifteenth International Conference of the European Asssociation of South Asian Archaeologists, held at the Universiteit Leiden, 5-9 July, 1999. Leiden, 519–526.

Allinger, E. (2008), An Early Nepalese Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra Manuscript. An Attempt to Establish Connections Between the Text and the Illustrations. In: C. Bautze-Picron (ed.): Religion and Art. New Issues in Indian Iconography and Iconology, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology, London 2005. London, 153–164.

Allinger, E. (2008), A Pāla-Period Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript distributed between five collections. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 51, 77–121.

Allinger, E. (2009), Mahāmāyurī and Jāṅgulī as Attendants of Prajñāpāramitā. Investigation of an Unusual Iconographic Feature Based on Bihari Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Manuscripts from the 11th Century. In: G.J.R. Mevissen, A.B. Prajñādhara (eds): Essays on Asian Art, History, Epigraphy and Culture, in Honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya. New Delhi, 253–260.

Allinger, E. (2010), Considerations on the development of the representation of the life of the Buddha in early Tibetan thangkas. In: E.F. Lo Bue, C. Luczanits (eds): Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bonn/Königswinter 2006. Halle (Saale), 27-42.

Allinger, E. (2010), The Descent of the Buddha from Trayastriṃśa Heaven – One of the Eight Great Events in the Life of the Buddha. In: E. Franco, M. Zin (eds): From Turfan to Ajanta. Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Nepal, 3-13.

Allinger, E. (2011), Thang Kas Dedicated To The Vajradhatumandala. Questions Of Stylistic Connection. In: E.F. Lo Bue (ed.): Art in Tibet. Issues in Traditional Tibetan Art from the Seventh to the Twentieth Century. PIATS 2003: Tibetan Studies. Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the Intemational Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford 2003. Leiden, Boston, 53-61 + 13-28.

Allinger, E. (accepted for publication), Ten illustrated leaves from a Pañcarakṣā manuscript in a private European collection. In: Klimburg-Salter, D., Widorn, V., Lojda, L. (eds) (forthcoming): Changing Forms and Cultural Identity: Religious and Secular Iconographies. Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the EASAA in Vienna 2010.

Filigenzi, A. (2007), From Lumbini to Lhasa. Local traditions and cosmopolitan vocation of the Buddhist Art and Architecture. In: F. De Filippi (ed.): Restoration and Protection of Cultural Heritage in Historical Cities of Asia Between Modernity and Tradition. Politecnico di Torino. Roma, 33–44.

Filigenzi, A. (2007), L’arte del Gandhāra. In: A. Invernizzi, V. Messina (eds): Sulla via di Alessandro. Da Seleucia al Gandhara (Catalouge of the exhibition, Torino 2007). Milano, 229–237.

Filigenzi, A. (2007), L’area sacra di Butkara I. In: A. Invernizzi, V. Messina (eds): Sulla via di Alessandro. Da Seleucia al Gandhara (Catalouge of the exhibition, Torino 2007). Milano, 239–244.

Filigenzi, A. (2007), Mohenjo Daro. In: G.M.D. Fina (ed.): Capire lArcheologia. Roma, 218–221. (Encyclopedia entry)

Filigenzi, A. (2007), Sanchi. In: G.M. Della Fina (ed.): Capire lArcheologia. Roma, 222–225. (Encyclopedia entry)

Filigenzi, A. (2008), Late Buddhist Art in Archaeological Context: Some Reflections on the Sanctuary of Tapa Sardar. In: C. Bautze-Picron (ed.): Religion and Art. New Issues in Indian Iconography and Iconology. Proceedings of the 18th conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists, London 2005. Vol. 1. London, 49–62.

Filigenzi, A. (2008), Buddhist Art in Its Social Context. In: P. v. Zabern (ed.): Gandhara, the Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradises. Catalogue of the exhibition. Bonn, Mainz, 298–301.

Filigenzi, A. (2008), Sculptures from Swat. In: P. v. Zabern (ed.): Gandhara, the Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan. Legends, Monasteries and Paradises. Catalogue of the exhibition. Bonn, Mainz, 197–199.

Filigenzi, A. (2008), The Dāna and the Pātra. Evidence from the Archaeological Context of Tapa Sardar. In: C. Bautze-Picron (ed.): Miscellanies about the Buddha Image. South Asian Archaeology 2007. Special Session 1 (BAR International Series 1888). Oxford, 11–24.

Filigenzi, A., Maggi, M. (2008), Pelliot Tibétain 2222. A Dunhuang Painting with a Khotanese Inscription. Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 3, 83-89.

Filigenzi, A. (2009), La Missione Archeologica Italiana in Afghanistan dell’IsIAO. Cinquant’anni di ricerche, scoperte, incontri. In: Conference Proceedings: Atti del convegnoAfghanistan, i tesori ritrovati’, Torino, 24 ottobre 2007. Torino, 46-61.

Filigenzi, A. (2009), The Buddhist Site of Tapa Sardar. In: A. Filigenzi, R. Giunta (eds): Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan 19572007. Fifty Years of Research in the Heart of Eurasia. Proceedings of the symposium held in the Istituto Italiano per lAfrica e lOriente, Rome. Rome, 41-57.

Filigenzi, A. (2009), Ritual Forms, Cult Objects. Tapa Sardar at the Crossroads of Places and Phases of the Buddhist ecumene. In A. Filigenzi, R. Giunta (eds): Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan 19572007. Fifty Years of Research in the Heart of Eurasia. Proceedings of the symposium held in the Istituto Italiano per lAfrica e lOriente, Rome. Rome, 59-75.

Filigenzi, A. (2009), Migrazione, diffusione, localizzazione. Le radici comuni dell’arte buddista tarda in Afghanistan/Pakistan e la prima arte buddista nei paesi himalayani. In: Le arti tibetane in transizione. Un viaggio attraverso teatro, cinema e pittura. Atti dei seminari Roma e Napoli 2008-2009. Roma, 79-87.

Filigenzi, A. (2010), Le vie dello Swat. Visual and Written Traces of the Buddhist Pilgrimage Route from Tibet to Ancient Uddiyana. In: K. Kriz, W.E. Cartwright, L. Hurni (eds): Mapping Different Geographies. Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer. Berlin.

Filigenzi, A. (2010), Post-Gandharan/non-Gandharan. Archaeological inquiry into a still nameless period. In: M. Alram, D. Klimburg-Salter, M. Inaba, M. Pfisterer (eds): Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millenium CE in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Vienna, 389-406.

Filigenzi, A. (2010), The Shahi Period. Archaeological and Art Historical Evidence from North West Pakistan. In: M. Alram, D. Klimburg-Salter, M. Inaba, M. Pfisterer (eds): Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millenium CE in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Vienna, 407-427.

Filigenzi, A. (2012), Orientalised Hellenism versus Hellenised Orient. Reversing the Perspective on Gandharan Art. Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 18, 111-141.

Filigenzi, A. (accepted for publication), Reinventing landscapes. Art, Faith and Trade Routes in and around Uddiyana in the 7th to 8th century CE. In: P. Mc Allister, C. Scherrer-Schaub, H. Krasser (eds): Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the conference in Shimla, April 2009.

Filigenzi, A. (in press), The Buddhist Rock Sculpture of Swat. Evidence from the Latest Phase of Buddhism in Ancient Uḍḍiyāna. In: C. Li (ed.): Gandhara and China (in Chinese, provisional title). Symposium: In the shadow of the mountains. Rock art between the Upper Indus region and Swat, Heidelberg: Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, April 26th27th 2007.

Filigenzi, A. (in press), India, Archeologia. In: Piccola Enciclopedia Treccani. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani. Roma.

Forte, E. (2008), Ryūmon no Hōsenji. Hakkutsu chōsa ni motozuku garan haichi no shohōteki kōsatsu. 龍門の奉先寺.発掘調査にもとづく伽藍配置の初歩的考察 (The Fengxiansi in Longmen: a Preliminary Reconstruction of the Architectural Layout from the Archaeological Evidence). In: Papers of the International Symposium 2007: Creating the Framework for a Comparative History of Japanese and Chinese Architecture. Palaces, Religious Places, Dwellings. Chiba.

Forte, E. (2010), Il Buddhismo a Longmen. Testimonianze da un monastero Tang dimenticato. In: P. Fedi, C. Silvi Antonini, et al., (eds): Alla maniera diConvegno in ricordo di Maria Teresa Lucidi (Roma, Sapienza Università di Roma, 28-30 maggio 2007). Casa Editrice Università La Sapienza. Roma, 429-450.

Forte, E. (2010), Khotan in the last quarter of the 1st millennium: is there artistic evidence of the interrelations between Khotan and Tibet? A preliminary survey. In: M. Alram, D. Klimburg-Salter, M. Inaba, M. Pfisterer (eds): Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millenium CE in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Vienna, 457-470.

Forte, E., Klimburg-Salter, D. (2011), Report on the Symposium “The Art and Cultural History of Central and Western Tibet, 8th to 15th century” and the workshop “Cultural Heritage Preservation From 5th to 9th of April 2011”. Orientations, June 2011, 88-89.

Forte, E. (accepted for publication), A journey ‘to the land on the other side.’ Buddhist pilgrimage and travelling objects from the oasis of Khotan. In: P. Mc Allister, C. Scherrer-Schaub, H. Krasser (eds): Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the conference in Shimla, April 2009.

Forte, E. (accepted for publication), Recent discoveries of Buddhist remains in Khotan: some remarks. In: Klimburg-Salter, D., Widorn, V., Lojda, L. (eds) (forthcoming): Changing Forms and Cultural Identity: Religious and Secular Iconographies. Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the EASAA in Vienna 2010.

Forte, E. (forthcoming 2012), Centralità dell'oasi di Khotan nell'intercultura buddhista del primo millennio. In: Genito, B., Caterina, L. (eds): Archeologia delle Vie della Seta: Percorsi, Immagini e Cultura (online publication at www.iuo.it)

Forte, E. (forthcoming 2013), Various approaches for the study of cultural interactions between Western and Central Tibet and the oasis of Khotan at the end of the first millennium. In: Klimburg-Salter, D., Forte, E., Huo, W. Liang, J. and Sheng, W., Tauscher, H., Zhang, C., Zhang, Y. (eds) (forthcoming 2013), Proceedings of the Symposium: “The Art and Cultural History of Central and Western Tibet”,Vienna, 6th–7th April 2011.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2007), Kha che lugs. The Influence of Kashmiri Art on the Art of Western Tibet. In: R. N. Prats (ed.): The Pandita and the Siddha. Tibetan Studies in honour of E. Gene Smith. Amnye Machen Institute. Dharamsala, 138–152.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2007), Tradition and innovation in Indo-Tibetan painting. Four preaching scenes from the life of the Buddha, Tabo mid 11th century. In: B. Kellner, H. Krasser et al. (eds): Pramāṇakīrtiḥ. Papers Dedicated to Ernst Steinkellner on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 70.1 and 70.2. Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien. Wien, 423–467.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2007), Reflections on the Contributions of Art History to Transdisciplinary Research in Vienna: The Example of the Nako Sacred Compound. In: D. Klimburg-Salter, K. Tropper, C. Jahoda (eds): Text, Image and Song in Transdisciplinary Dialogue. Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford 2003. Vol. 7. Brill. LeidenBoston, 5-26.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2008), Buddhist Painting in the Hindu Kush ca. VIIth to Xth centuries: Reflections of the co-existence of pre-Islamic and Islamic artistic cultures during the early centuries of the Islamic era. In: É. de la Vaissière (ed.): Islamisation de l'Asie centrale. Processus locaux d'acculturation du VIIe au XIe siècle. Cahiers de Studia Iranica 39. Paris, 131–159.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2008), Imagining the world of Ye shes ’od. 10th century painting in Tabo. In: D. Klimburg-Salter, J. Liang, H. Tauscher, Y. Zhou (eds): The Cultural History of Western Tibet. Recent Research from the China Tibetology Research Center and the University of Vienna. Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 71. China Tibetology Research Center, Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien. Beijing, Wien, 231-286.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2010), Corridors of Communication across Afghanistan. In: A. Marigo (ed.): Paysage naturel et culturel du centre de l'Afghanistan. Hindou-Kouch, Lacs de Band-e Amir, Vallée de Bamiyan Afghanistan. Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Documentaires sur l'Afghanistan. Paris, 173-192.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2010), A Case Study in Cultural Mobility: The Crowned Buddha of the Kabul Shah. In: M. Alram, D. Klimburg-Salter, M. Inaba, M. Pfisterer (eds): Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millenium CE in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Vienna, 389-406.

Klimburg-Salter, D., Bernard, C. (2011), Before Tomorrow - Excavating the Past, Building the Future in Afghanistan. Orientations, Sep./Oct. 2011, 105-107.

Klimburg-Salter, D., Forte, E. (2011), Report on the Symposium “The Art and Cultural History of Central and Western Tibet, 8th to 15th century” and the workshop “Cultural Heritage Preservation From 5th to 9th of April 2011”. Orientations, June 2011, 88-89.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2011), The Tucci Thangka Collection: a trans-disciplinary research perspective. In: M. Laurenzi Tabasso, M. Polichetti, C. Seccaroni (eds): Visibilia Invisibilium. Non-invasive analyses on Tibetan paintings from the Tucci expeditions (Orientalis IV), n.p. (Orientalis, in collab. with Böhlau), 13-16.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (2012), Bamiyan. In: Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford, 23p. (http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com)

Klimburg-Salter, D. (accepted for publication), Introduction: Conference “Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya”. In: P. Mc Allister, C. Scherrer-Schaub, H. Krasser (eds): Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the conference in Shimla, April 2009.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (accepted for publication), The Tibetan Himalayan Style: The art of the Western Domains 8th–11th Centuries. In: P. Mc Allister, C. Scherrer-Schaub, H. Krasser (eds): Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the conference in Shimla, April 2009.

Klimburg-Salter, D. (forthcoming 2013), Cultural Transfer Gilgit /Tibet: The Arts of the Book. In: Klimburg-Salter, D., Forte, E., Huo, W. Liang, J. and Sheng, W., Tauscher, H., Zhang, C., Zhang, Y. (eds) (forthcoming 2013), Proceedings of the Symposium: “The Art and Cultural History of Central and Western Tibet”,Vienna, 6th–7th April 2011.

Lojda, L. (2009), Rajo harāmi, malaṃ harāmi. Die Arhats Cūḍapanthaka und Mahāpanthaka. Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik 26, 83-123.

Melzer, G. (2009), The Wrathful Śiva and the Terrifying Great Goddess in Eastern Indian Art. Andhakāri, Bhairava, and Cāmuṇḍā. Journal of Ancian Indian History 25. Kolkatta, 132-169.

Melzer, G. (2010), Jātakas in the Buddhist Temple at Aihoḷe. In: In: E. Franco, M. Zin (eds): From Turfan to Ajanta. Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Nepal, 691–714.

Melzer, G., Allinger, E. (2010), Eine nepalesische Palmblatthandschrift der Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñā­pāramitā aus dem Jahr NS 268 (1148 AD), Teil I. Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift, 14, 3-21.

Müller, P. (2007), Prajñāpāramitā, Lo tsa ba Lha khang, Nako. Online Report for the NRPP. http://athene.geo.univie.ac.at/project/nako/?id=44

Müller, P. (2012), Representing Prajñāpāramitā in Tibet and the Indian Himalayas. The iconographic concept in the Temples of Nako, rKyang bu and Zha lu. In: A. Heller (ed.): Proceedings of the 12th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. (online publication: http://asianart.com/articles/mueller/index.html)

Niebuhr, U. (2007), Im Einklang mit den Kräften der Natur. Periodikum Qigong 23, 7–11.

Novotny, S. (2007), The Buddhist Monastery of Fondukistan – A Reconstruction. Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology, 31–37, 181–182.

Novotny, S. (2009), New Research on the Buddhist Monastery of Fondukistān, Afghanistan. In: Pande A. (ed.): The Art of Central Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent in Cross-Cultural Perspective. New Delhi, 103–110.

Weissenborn, K. (2012), Eine Auflistung illuminierter buddhistischer Sanskrit-Handschriften aus Ostindien. Berliner Indologische Studien 20, 277-318.

Weissenborn, K. (accepted for publication), Developments in the Visual Concept of Facing deities in Buddhist book illumination in Eastern India. In: Klimburg-Salter, D., Widorn, V., Lojda, L. (forthcoming) Changing Forms and Cultural Identity: Religious and Secular Iconographies. Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the EASAA in Vienna 2010.

Widorn, V., Klopf-Weiss, K. (2007), Asian Art in London. Altes und Neues zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum. Vernissage 207, 66–71.

Widorn, V. (2007), Göttter und Helden. Rama, Krishna und die großen Epen Indiens in volks­tümlichen Drucken aus der Sammlung Erich Allinger. Vernissage 266, 62-65.

Widorn, V. (2007), The Documentation, Archiving and Dissemination of Visual Resources. The Western Himalaya Archive Vienna. In: D. Klimburg-Salter et al. (eds): Text, Image and Song in Transdisciplinary Dialogue. Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford 2003. Vol. 7. Brill. LeidenBoston, 27–44.

Widorn, V. (2008), Buddha Śākyamuni, Johling (Kyelong), Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. In: V. Sharma (ed.): Vision of an Enlightend King. A Centenial Bouquet of Himalayan Art from the Bhuri Singh Museum Collection. Chamba, 52–53.

Widorn, V., Kinberger, M. (2008), The Sacred Landscape of Lahaul. In: Proceedings of the Cartography and Art - Art and Cartography Symposium. Vienna 2008. CD-Publication. (cross-publication)

Widorn, V. (2008), Catalog entries on B.E. Prasad, D. Sharma, G. Martin, Sengupta, J.M. Cheeroth, P. Panwar, R. Thomas, R. Paul, S.M. Agarwal, S. Rejendran, V. Vilasini. In: The Sun Rises in the EastExhibition on Contemporary Indian Art at the Gallery Christian Hosp. Nassereith, Austria. See also: http://www.christianhosp.com/AUSSTELLUNGEN/THE_SUN_RISES_IN_THE_EAST/

Widorn, V., Kinberger, M. (2009), Mapping the Sacred Landscape of Lahaul – The Karzha Khandroling Mandala. In: W.E. Cartwright et al. (eds): Cartography and Art. Berlin, Heidelberg, 293–304.

Widorn, V., Kozicz, G. (2012), The Temple of Triloknath – A Buddhist Nāgara Temple in Lahul. South Asian Studies 28:1, 15-35.

Widorn, V. (2012), The Western Himalaya Archive Vienna. In: Claudia Feigl (ed.): Schaukästen der Wissen­schaft. Wien, 189-191.

Widorn, V. (accepted for publication), When Countries Become Gods. The Geospatial Aspect of Deities in India. In: K. Kriz et al. (eds): Understanding Different Geography. Springer Verlag.

Widorn, V. (accepted for publication), Traversing the Land of siddhas and dakinis – Art Historical Evidences along the Buddhist Pilgrimage Routes through Lahul. In: P. Mc Allister, C. Scherrer-Schaub, H. Krasser (eds): Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the conference in Shimla, April 2009.

Widorn, V. (accepted for publication), Palastbau – Glanz der Fürsten. In: Das Indien der Maha­radschas (exhibition catalogue Schallaburg 2013).

Widorn, V. (submitted for publication), In Wood and Clay. Architecture and Art of Kashmir and the Western Himalayas. In: Cambridge World History of Religious Architecture / Transmission and Regionalismus.

Ziegler, V. (2007), The Wooden Portal of the dKar-chung lHa khang, Nako. Online Report for the NRPP. http://athene.geo.univie.ac.at/project/nako/?id=43

Ziegler, V. (2012), A preliminary report on the life of Buddha Śākyamuni in the murals of the circ­umambulatory of the Prajñāpāramitā chapel in Zha lu, Central Tibet. In: A. Heller (ed.): Proceedings of the 12th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. (online publication: http://asianart.com/articles/ziegler/index.html)