Drawn and Written in Stone: An inventory of stepped structures and inscriptions on rock surfaces in Upper Tibet (ca. 100 BCE to 1400 CE)

by John Vincent Bellezza

Drawn and Written in Stone explores the religious history of the highest part of the Tibetan Plateau through its rock art and inscriptions. It is focused on facsimiles of ritual and ceremonial monuments carved and painted on stone surfaces and rock inscriptions in the Tibetan language, vital archaeological and historical materials for appraising the development of religion in Tibet, ca. 100 BCE to 1400 CE. By probing the complexion of figures and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407356399
• ISBN13: 9781407356396
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.7"