A new interpretation of the mythological incipit of the Rkong po inscription

Hill, Nathan W.

A new interpretation of the mythological incipit of the Rkong po inscription

Hill, Nathan W.

Authors

PROF Nathan Hill nh36@soas.ac.uk
Professor Tibetan&Historical Linguistics

Contributors

Kurt Tropper
Editor

Cristina Scherrer-Schaub
Editor

Citation

Hill, N. W. (2013). A new interpretation of the mythological incipit of the Rkong po inscription. In K. Tropper, & C. Scherrer-Schaub (Eds.), Tibetan Inscriptions (171-182). Brill

Publication Date	Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date	Jul 1, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Jun 19, 2022
Pages	171-182
Series Title	Brill's Tibetan Studies Library
Series ISSN	1568-6183
Book Title	Tibetan Inscriptions
ISBN	9789004250697
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