The papers presented at the Colloquium in Vienna in November 2013 will be published by the Academy of Sciences in Vienna in a volume entitled Interaction in the Himalayas and Central Asia: Process of Transfer, Translation and Transformation in Art, archaeology, Religion and Polity.

Table of Contents

I. Transfer and Interaction in Central Asia and Tibet

Luneau, Élise: Transfers and Interactions between North and South in Central Asia during the Bronze Age.

Erdenebold, Lhagvasuren: Preliminary Excavation Findings from Shoroon Bumbagar, Ulaan Kherem, Mongolia.

Nalesini, Oscar: Two Enigmatic “Megalithic” Sites in Tibet.

Lo Muzio, Ciro: Skanda and the Mothers in Khotanese Buddhist Painting.

Grenet, Frantz: The Deydier Vase and Its Tibetan Connections: A Preliminary Note.

Pritzker, David: Allegories of Kingship During the Tibetan Empire: A Preliminary Study of a West Asian Gold Ewer in the Royal Court of Tibet.

Zhu, Tianshu: The Influence from Khotan: The Standing Buddha Images in Kucha.

II. Translation and Adoption of Art and Architecture in the Western Himalayas

Allinger, Eva: An Early West Tibetan Manuscript from Hanle Monastery, Ladakh.

Heller, Amy & Charlotte Eng: Three Ancient Manuscripts from Tholing in the Tucci Collection, IsIAO, Roma, Part II: Manuscript 1329 O.

Kalantari, Christiane: The Art of Khorchag and Khartse in the Fabric of Western Himalayan Buddhist Art (10th —14th Centuries): Questions of Style II.

Flood, Finbarr B.: A Turk in the Dukhang? Comparative Perspectives on Islamicate Dress in Medieval Ladakh and the Caucasus.

Di Mattia, Marialaura: A Cultural Crossroads: Some “Foreign” Elements in the Art and Architecture of mNga’ ris.

Feiglstorfer, Hubert: Reconstruction of the West Tibetan temples of Khorchag: The Lhakhang Chenmo.

III. Patterns of Transformation in Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and Central Asia

Doney, Lewis: Narrative Transformations: The Spiritual Friends of Khri Srong lde brtsan.

Devers, Quentin: Charting Ancient Routes in Ladakh: An Archaeological Documentation.

Lecomte-Tilouine, Marie: Is There a Network of Sacred Fires Across the Himalayas and Central Asia? From Baku to Nepal, and Back.

Charleux, Isabelle: Circumambulating the Jowo in Mongolia: Why Erdeni Juu Should Be Translated as “Jowo Rinpoche”.

Birtalan, Ágnes: Between the Himalayas and Inner Asia €The Mongolian Case.

Lang, Maria-Katharina: Moving Artefacts: Mongolian Tsam Figures.