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9vo. pp. xxxvi + 154, 43 Plates (Partly Col.), Index, Appendices, Line Drawings, HardBound, Size 25cm,In 1932 Professor Giuseppe Tucci published his fundamental work Indo-Tibetica I on the stupa in general as well as on stamped and die-cast votive stupas in Indian and Western Tibet, as a contribution to the study of Tibetan religious art and its meaning. It contains crucial results of Tucci's field investigations and perceptions, which have been inaccessible so far to the English-reading world. Contents: Preface. I. Stupa and Votive Stupa (mchod-rten and tsha-tsha): 1.Tibetan literature about the Stupa (mchod-rten). 2. Its connections with the Indian architectonic literature. 3. The supposed Indian patterns of the eight types of Stupa (mchod-rten). 4. Why the stupas (mchod-rten) are built. 5. The stupa (mchod-rten) engraved or in miniature. 6. Ritual for the building of a stupa (mchod-rten). 7. The stupa (mchod-rten) as repository of sacred things. 8. Symbolism attributed to the stupa (mchod- rten) according to Hinayana and Mahayana. 9. Diffusion of the various types of stupas (mchod-rten) in Indian and Eastern Tibet. 10. What is the meaning of tsha-tsha. 11. Origin and meaning of tsha-tsha. 12. Ceremonial for the preparation of the tsha-tsha. 13. Various types of tsha-tsha and their chronological order. 14. Iconographic types represented on the tsha- tsha. II. Description of the principal types of tsha-tsha: 1. Group of sigillary impressions. 2. Group of the stamped. 3. In the shape of stupa ( mchod-rten). 4. Bon-po tsha-tsha. Appendices. Index. ".