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Inscriptions are a rather neglected field within Tibetan Studies, because they are often located in places that are not easily accessible for both geographical and political reasons. It is thus especially welcome that two of the contributions to this volume deal with inscriptions documented on recent field trips to Tibet: Benjamin Wood discusses an inscription in Zha lu that relates an enigmatic conflict in the history of the monastery, and Kurt Tropper looks into an epigraphic cycle on the life of the Buddha in Tsaparang. Moreover, Nathan Hill provides a new interpretation of the beginning of the famous Rkong po inscription, and Kunsang Namgyal Lama surveys the various kinds of texts found on tsha tsha s. An extra level of reflection is added to the volume by Cristina Scherrer-Schaub’s methodological considerations on the classification and interpretation of inscriptions.

Inscriptions, Tibetan --- REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry --- Tibetan inscriptions --- Shalu (Monastery) --- History

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This study provides the edition and annotated translation of a historical inscription in the assembly hall of Dgung ’phur Monastery in Spu rang (Mnga’ ris, Western Tibet). The inscription deals with religious and political events in the history of Western Tibet up to the beginning of the 17th century. The introductory part of the study includes a description of the inscription’s general characteristics, a summary of its contents, an enquiry into its date and a discussion of the magistrate Mgon po skyabs, whom the inscription identifies as the “founder” of Dgung ’phur.

Buddhist monasteries --- Inscriptions, Tibetan. --- Dgung 'phur monastery. --- Tibetan inscriptions --- Monasteries, Buddhist --- Monasteries, Lamaist --- Monasteries --- Buddhist monasticism and religious orders --- Inscriptions, Tibetan --- Dgung 'phur monastery --- Buddhist monasteries - China - Tibet Autonomous Region --- Dgung ’phur Monastery --- Tibet --- Epigraphy --- History --- Buddhism --- Mnga' ris --- Dgung ’phur Kloster --- Epigraphik --- Geschichte --- Buddhismus --- Mnga’ ris --- Dharma --- Tshe