Papers by Yannick Laurent
Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines, 2024
On the Trans-Himalayan trade of Zanskari horses in the first half of the 20 th century, see RIZVI... more On the Trans-Himalayan trade of Zanskari horses in the first half of the 20 th century, see RIZVI 1999. 5 On the genetic characterisation of Indian horses and genetic closeness of Zanskari and Spiti ponies, see
Knud Larsen (ed.) Wall Painting in Tibet: History, Technique Survivals and Environment, 2023
Knud Larsen (ed.) Wall Painting in Tibet: History, Technique Survivals and Environment, 2023
Life In Tibetan Studies: Festschrift for Dieter Schuh at the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, 2022
The Tibetan and the Zunghar affairs, which cannot be reduced to a parallel to the affairs concern... more The Tibetan and the Zunghar affairs, which cannot be reduced to a parallel to the affairs concerning the remote countries such as Vietnam and Russia, were closely watched by all the Mongol tribes, including the forty-eight Mongol banners, the Mongols in the Qinghai area, and the Khalkha Mongols. As long as the Zunghar problem is not resolved, the arrangements for Tibet cannot be settled; if there is no appropriate disposition made for Tibet, the Mongol tribes would have mistrust and doubts. The two problems, that of the Zunghar and that of Tibet, are real threats to our country. The destiny of our imperial house and our people is tied to them. 1
Traveller's Eye: Selected works from the Francisco Capelo Asia Collection, Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, London, 2021
The Ancient Monastic Complexes of Tholing, Nyarma and Tabo, Buddhist Architecture in the Western Himalayas, vol.3, Holger Neuwirth and Carmen Auer (eds.), Verlag der TU Graz, Graz, 2021
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tibetan Archaeology and Art, Part II. Journal of Tibetology 22: 236–274 , 2020
Maṇi walls are ubiquitous features in the rich material and visual culture of the Tibetan Buddhis... more Maṇi walls are ubiquitous features in the rich material and visual culture of the Tibetan Buddhist world. The interest of these multifunctional monuments for the study of history, however, has received little attention in academic circles. The present article focuses on four maṇi stone inscriptions retrieved from Spiti in the Western Himalayas. The analysis of donor inscriptions, in particular, highlights the use of compositional features, phraseology, and literary patterns also observed in other written documents composed to record the memory of individuals and communities engaged in gift-giving and merit-making. By reiterating normative ethical behaviours and civic values, these epigraphs eventually reaffirmed a cosmic order headed by the pious and almighty rulers of Western Tibet.
1 mongst the wondrous metal images of the Berti Aschmann Collection of Tibetan Art preserved in t... more 1 mongst the wondrous metal images of the Berti Aschmann Collection of Tibetan Art preserved in the Rietberg Museum stands a unique statue 'Bodhisattva with gadā' (fig.1).
Throughout the Tibetan-Qinghai plateau and the Himalayas today, barley cultivation, consumption, ... more Throughout the Tibetan-Qinghai plateau and the Himalayas today, barley cultivation, consumption, and cultural usage are widely conspicuous in ethnic Tibetan communities. However, little is known about the domestication of the crop by the early inhabitants of these regions. While barley is significantly absent from the earliest Neolithic sites, it progressively appears along with other domesticates from the second millennium BCE onwards. A shift in subsistence strategies and food procurement is suggestive of contacts and exchanges with Central Asian economies. Over time, an agro-pastoral system contributed to establishing a strong agrarian Tibetan society. The intensification of agriculture and barley cultivation in the 1st millennium CE progressively allowed the Tibetans to assert their cultural identity by borrowing and modifying (agri-) cultural representations prevalent in their neighbours, as suggested by Chinese Tang sources and Tibetan narratives reflecting on the imperial period.
Journal of Qinghai Nationalities University, 2013
Lobsang Nyima Laurent, "Lha bla ma Zhi ba 'od's Eight Century Bronze from Gilgit", Revue d 'Etude... more Lobsang Nyima Laurent, "Lha bla ma Zhi ba 'od's Eight Century Bronze from Gilgit", Revue d 'Etudes Tibétaines, no. 26, Avril 2013, pp. 195-214.
Conference Abstracts by Yannick Laurent
Société Française d’Études du Monde Tibétain (SFEMT), Paris, 19 septembre, 2024
Early Tibetan Religious Networks: New Perspectives on the phyi dar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä... more Early Tibetan Religious Networks: New Perspectives on the phyi dar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 10th-11th July 2023
16th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Prague, 3-9 July 2022
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Dans ce poème versifié tout en concision, il parvient à rassembler la quintessence des textes du Grand Véhicule consacrés à l’esprit d'Eveil, bodhicitta, dont il fait le coeur du cheminement spirituel.
L'aspiration et l'engagement à atteindre la bouddhéité pour le bien de tous les êtres sensibles s'affirme dès lors comme un formidable éloge à la pensée humaniste.
Cette édition bilingue, français-tibétain, s'adresse aussi bien aux lecteurs non tibétanistes désireux de découvrir une oeuvre fondamentale de la littérature tibéto-bouddhique qu'aux étudiants et professeurs de lettres.
Yannick Laurent draws on extensive fieldwork and historical archives to re-examine the constitutive elements of this site from its territory to its religious and political institutions. Over time, the Dangkhar settlement came to be referred to as ‘royal seat’ or ‘capital’ (rgyal sa) of Spiti. Sitting astride some of the most important trade and communication routes of the Western Himalayas, the Spiti Valley played a major role in the diffusion of ideas and the transfer of goods within the Indo-Tibetan border regions. In tracing both local and trans-regional patterns of continuity and change, this study contributes to refining a periodisation scheme which illuminates the various political, religious, and economic interactions which have shaped the history of the Western Himalayas.
Laurent’s investigation into the imperilled cultural heritage site of Dangkhar lays the foundations for the most detailed historical overview of Spiti to date.