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  1. Tibetan Lives

    Three Himalayan Autobiographies

    By Peter Richardus

    In the early years of the 20th century, control over Tibet was contested by three major empires: those of China, Russia and Britain. The imperial powers and those who came in their wake - missionaries, scholars, traders and soldiers - employed local staff to assist in their dealings with the...

    Published May 18th 1998 by Routledge

  2. A Survey of Vinaya Literature

    By Charles S. Prebish

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

    The most important research tool for vinaya studies. Covers both primary and secondary sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese as well as modern sources in English, French, German and Japanese....

    Published December 5th 1996 by Routledge

  3. Building Japan 1868-1876

    By Richard Henry Brunton

    Series: Japan Library

    Personal account of one of the Westerners who helped build modern Japan (see also study by Pedlar - also available from Curzon Press)....

    Published January 16th 1995 by Routledge

  4. Tibetan Historical Literature

    Published January 16th 1995 by Routledge

  5. Persian Literature - A Biobibliographical Survey

    Qur'anic Literature;History (Volume I Part 1)

    By C. A. Storey

    Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books

    This famous work from the Royal Asiatic Society is an indispensable tool for all serious students of Persian history and culture, and a welcome companion to Persian Literature in its most glorious period. This volume reprints C.A. Storey's History of Qur'anic Literature, originally published...

    Published December 31st 1988 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata: A Sanskrit Independent-Study Reader
    By Peter Scharf
    To Be Published May 30th 2013
  2. Zhouyi: A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes
    By Richard Rutt
    To Be Published May 30th 2013
  3. A Woman's Ramayana: Candravati's Bengali Epic
    By Mandakranta Bose, Sarika Bose
    To Be Published June 10th 2013
  4. Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology: A History of Reception in Premodern India
    By Ajay K. Rao
    To Be Published June 12th 2013
  5. Women and the Literary World in Early Modern China, 1580-1700
    By Daria Berg
    To Be Published June 24th 2013

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