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Tibetology () refers to the study of things related to , including its history, , , , politics and the collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural and religious significance.

(2025). 9781932476453, Serindia Publications. .
The last may mean a collection of Tibetan statues, shrines, Buddhist icons and holy scripts, embroideries, paintings and tapestries, jewellery, masks and other objects of fine and craftsmanship.
(2025). 9781317980599, Taylor & Francis. .
(2025). 9781473550223, Ebury Publishing. .


History
The Antonio de Andrade (1580–1634) and a few others established a small mission and church in (1626), in the kingdom of (Western Tibet) in the 17th century. When the kingdom was overrun by the king of (1631), the mission was destroyed.
(2025). 9780253013095, Indiana University Press. .

A century later another Jesuit, the Ippolito Desideri (1684–1733) was sent to Tibet and received permission to stay in where he spent 5 years (1716–1721) living in a Tibetan monastery, studying the language, the religion of the and other Tibetan customs. He published a couple of books in Tibetan on Christian doctrine. Because of a conflict of jurisdiction (the mission was entrusted to the Capuchins, and not to the ) Desideri had to leave Tibet and returned to Italy, where he spent the rest of his life publishing his Historical notes on Tibet. They were collected, in 4 volumes, under the title of Opere Tibetane (Rome;1981–1989). Desideri may be considered as the first Tibetologist and he did much to make Tibet known in Europe.

(2025). 9781000637281, Taylor & Francis. .

Desideri was however a pioneer, and as such what he produced were rather 'observations' on Tibet, a work he did with objectivity and sympathy, but not always perfect accuracy. The inception of Tibetology as an authentic academic discipline is thus associated with the Hungarian Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784–1842) who is considered as its founder to present day,

(1986). 9789630543613, Akadémiai Kiadó. .
the other early Tibetologists of note being Philippe Édouard Foucaux who in 1842 occupied the first chair for Tibetan studies in Europe and Isaac Jacob Schmidt, who was primarily the pioneering mongolist residing in Saint Petersburg.
(2025). 9780197581056, Oxford University Press. .

The publications of the British diplomat Charles Alfred Bell contributed towards the establishment of Tibetology as an academic discipline. As outstanding Tibetologists of the 20th century the British Frederick William Thomas, , , and Richard Keith Sprigg, the Italians and , the Frenchmen and Rolf Alfred Stein, the Dutchman Johan van Manen, and finally the Germans and Klaus Sagaster, may be mentioned.

In recent decades, particularly in English-speaking countries, the study of Tibet and Tibetology has opened out towards other disciplines, prompting works with an interdisciplinary approach. This has become most obvious in the regular conferences of the IATS (International Association of Tibetan Studies), held at intervals of three years in different cities around the world. Examples of such broader-based research include the work of the American anthropologist , among others, who has produced publications on subjects such as lexical questions, Tibetan nomadism, and the modern history of Tibet. Other recent research includes the work of Robert Barnett, , , Alex McKay, Geoffrey Samuel, Flavio Geisshuesler, among others.

(2025). 9780791485859, State University of New York Press. .

==Gallery==

in 1979 at the University of Washington Department of Asian Languages and Literature]]
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(1894-1984) Italian Tibetologist drinking butter tea in Tibet in the 1930s]]
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See also
  • Buddhist Digital Resource Center
  • China Tibetology Research Center
  • International Seminar of Young Tibetologists
  • Vajrayana Buddhism


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Citations

Other sources
  • Tsering Shakya: The Development of Modern Tibetan Studies. In: Robert Barnett (Hg.): Resistance and Reform in Tibet (Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana University Press 1994), , S. 1–14.
  • SHAKABPA, W. D. 1967. Tibet: A Political History With. Yale University Press: New Haven & London.


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