246 pp., bibliography. Contents: Chapter 1. Introductory and Geographical; (1) Geographical; Chapter 2. Historico-geographical; (1) Himalaya in early Indo-Aryan history; (2) Cis-Himalayan peoples and territories; (3) Trans-Himalayan peoples and territories; (3a) Areas of the Ladakh State; (3b) rnNah-ris-skor (khor)-gsum; Chapter 3. Ethnographical; (1) General views; (1a) Hodgson; (1b) Cunningham; (1c) 'Munda' views in the Linguistic Survey of India; (1d) Przyluski's 'Austro-Asiatic' view; (1e) Khasa theory; (2) Some remarks on the two wide views; (3) Indications in early Sanskrit literature; (4) Modern observations and deductions; (4a) Cis-Himalayan regions; 1. Two generalities; 2. Ethnographically significant usages; 3. Kanets: status and usages (general); 4. Kanets: distinctive usages; 5. Three main areas of Western cis-Hima;laya populations; 6. Origins (traditional or hypothetic) of Ghirths Rathis and Kanets; 7. Kanets and Kunindas (with Tanganas); 8. Kanet divisions (Khash and Rao); 9. Khasas and Nepal Khas; 10. Kiratas; 11. 'Menial' classes; 12. Bhotias; (4b) Trans-Himalayan territories; 1. Anthropological date and deductions; 2. Tibetan and other extrinsic items in nomenclature of peoples and classes; 3. Material analogies between Trans and Cis-Himalayan conditions; 4. Beda and Mon; 5. Early relations with outside peoples; 6. Hunza-Nagar; 7. Khotan and Kashmir; 8. Bru-sa and Balti; Chapter 4. Linguistic; (1) Cis-Himalayan areas; (1a) Indo-Aryan languages; 1. Dating of lndo-Aryan languages; 2. Early and other loan-words in, or from, Indo-Aryan: preservation of old forms; 3. A wide-spread phonetic change; (1b) Tibeto-Burman languages; 1. Bhotiya; 2. The 'Western pronominalized 'sub-group'; 3. Geographical distribution of the 'Western sub-group'; 4. Bhot and Bhotiya; 5. The 'Western sub-group' and its pronominalization; 6. Kunawari, bibliography, names and dialects; 7. Kunawari, a phonological item; 8. Kunawari Grammars and Vocabularies; 9. Class-features and interrelations in the 'Westrn sub-group'; 10. Some features of the 'Western sub-group' in relation to Tibetan; 11. Suffixed elements in Declension and Conjugation; (2) Trans-Himalayan territories; (2a) General; (2b) Bru-sa; (2c) Zan-Zun; (2d) Summary; Chapter 5. The language of the medical Mss.

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Title

Research Notes on the Zhangzhung Language by Frederick W. Thomas at the British Library (Bon Studies, 14 / Senri Ethnological Reports, 99)

Publisher

National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka

Publication Date

2011

Language

English

ISBN 10

4901906852

ISBN 13

9784901906852

Binding

Soft cover

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Very Good

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Contents:
Chapter 1. Introductory and Geographical
(1) Geographical
Chapter 2. Historico-geographical
(1) Himalaya in early Indo-Aryan history
(2) Cis-Himalayan peoples and territories
(3) Trans-Himalayan peoples and territories
(3a) Areas of the Ladakh State
(3b) rnNaḥ-ris-skor (khor)-gsum
Chapter 3. Ethnographical
(1) General views
(1a) Hodgson
(1b) Cunningham
(1c) 'Munda' views in the Linguistic Survey of India
(1d) Przyluski's 'Austro-Asiatic' view
(1e) Khasa theory
(2) Some remarks on the two wide views
(3) Indications in early Sanskrit literature
(4) Modern observations and deductions
(4a) Cis-Himalayan regions
1. Two generalities
2. Ethnographically significant usages
3. Kanets: status and usages (general)
4. Kanets: distinctive usages
5. Three main areas of Western cis-Himālaya populations
6. Origins (traditional or hypothetic) of Ghirths Raṭhis and Kanets
7. Kanets and Kunindas (with Tanganas)
8. Kanet divisions (Khash and Rao)
9. Khaśas and Nepal Khas
10. Kirātas
11. 'Menial' classes
12. Bhotias
(4b) Trans-Himalayan territories
1. Anthropological date and deductions
2. Tibetan and other extrinsic items in nomenclature of peoples and classes
3. Material analogies between Trans and Cis-Himalayan conditions
4. Beda and Mon
5. Early relations with outside peoples
6. Hunza-Nagar
7. Khotan and Kashmir
8. Bru-sa and Balti
Chapter 4. Linguistic
(1) Cis-Himalayan areas
(1a) Indo-Aryan languages
1. Dating of lndo-Aryan languages
2. Early and other loan-words in, or from, Indo-Aryan: preservation of old forms
3. A wide-spread phonetic change
(1b) Tibeto-Burman languages
(2) Trans-Himalayan territories
(2d) Summary
Chapter 5. The language of the medical Mss.

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