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Tibetan Medicine among the Buddhist Dards of Ladakh. By Stephan Kloos. Wiener Stuthen zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, vol. 57. Vienna: ArbeitsKREIS FÜR TIBETISCHE UND BUDDHISTISCHE STUDIEN UNIVERSITÄT WIEN, 2004. Pp. 183, tables. euro17.50.
Since 1974, when the Ladakh region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir again became accessible to foreign visitors, a large number of studies have been published on the history, society, and culture of the populations of the region. The overwhelming preponderance of scholarly interest has focused on the Buddhist communities of central Ladakh and, to a lesser extent, Zangskar. At least some of the selectivity of attention can be attributed to the fact that large parts of the region became accessible to foreign researchers only later, in the early 1990s. Indeed, most areas in proximity to the (disputed) borders with China and Pakistan remain offlimits except with rarely granted special permits.
Stephan Kloos' book is based on his MA thesis and four months of field research in 2001. The research included a total of thirty-eight days spent in the village of Hanu...