Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources

Introduction. The paper deals with the unique Buddhist culture complex of Tamgaly Tas located in the Ili River Valley, in the vicinity of Kapchagay (present-day Talgar District of Almaty Region). The carvings of pictures and inscriptions have been investigated for over a century and a half since t...

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Main Author: Alexandra Т. Bayanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2020-07-01
Series:Монголоведение
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Online Access:https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/472/376
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spelling doaj-a2ff953f69f2415ea3819163a0b6178e2021-08-20T07:28:53ZengРоссийской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центрМонголоведение2500-15232020-07-011217289https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2020-1-72-89Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources Alexandra Т. Bayanova0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7718-802XKalmyk Scientific Center of the RASIntroduction. The paper deals with the unique Buddhist culture complex of Tamgaly Tas located in the Ili River Valley, in the vicinity of Kapchagay (present-day Talgar District of Almaty Region). The carvings of pictures and inscriptions have been investigated for over a century and a half since the locality was visited by the renown Kazakh scholar, ethnographer and traveler Sh. Walikhanov. Goals. The work introduces into scientific discourse manuscript reports by the military topographer K. Larionov and Orientalist K. Malishevsky. Results. The article analyzes the research historiography, publishes original manuscripts supplemented with all drawings made by the authors, and evaluates them as sources for further studies of the unique monument attesting to the dissemination of Buddhism across the region during the Dzungar rule. https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/472/376petroglyphbuddhismmanuscriptoirat scriptoiratskalmykstamgaly tas
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Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources
Монголоведение
petroglyph
buddhism
manuscript
oirat script
oirats
kalmyks
tamgaly tas
author_facet Alexandra Т. Bayanova
author_sort Alexandra Т. Bayanova
title Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources
title_short Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources
title_full Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources
title_fullStr Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources
title_full_unstemmed Buddhist Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas (Ili River Valley): К. Larionov and К. Malishevsky’s Manuscript Reports as Earliest Research Sources
title_sort buddhist petroglyphs of tamgaly tas (ili river valley): к. larionov and к. malishevsky’s manuscript reports as earliest research sources
publisher Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр
series Монголоведение
issn 2500-1523
publishDate 2020-07-01
description Introduction. The paper deals with the unique Buddhist culture complex of Tamgaly Tas located in the Ili River Valley, in the vicinity of Kapchagay (present-day Talgar District of Almaty Region). The carvings of pictures and inscriptions have been investigated for over a century and a half since the locality was visited by the renown Kazakh scholar, ethnographer and traveler Sh. Walikhanov. Goals. The work introduces into scientific discourse manuscript reports by the military topographer K. Larionov and Orientalist K. Malishevsky. Results. The article analyzes the research historiography, publishes original manuscripts supplemented with all drawings made by the authors, and evaluates them as sources for further studies of the unique monument attesting to the dissemination of Buddhism across the region during the Dzungar rule.
topic petroglyph
buddhism
manuscript
oirat script
oirats
kalmyks
tamgaly tas
url https://mongoloved.kigiran.com/jour/article/view/472/376
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