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Article Dans Une Revue Orientations -Hong Kong- Année : 2021

Ripu Malla, a Buddhist Emperor from Western Nepal

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The medieval arts and history of western Nepal remain poor relatives of Himalayan studies. In 1994, Ian Alsop published in this magazine the first study ever dedicated to the metal sculptures of the Khasa Malla kingdom (Alsop, 1994). His contribution to the field is of the greatest value as it brought to light an overlooked 12th- to 14th-century central Himalayan empire, stretching from Uttarakhand to Mustang, and demonstrated its appeal to Buddhism and Buddhist art. The purpose of this paper is to further Alsop’s study by focusing on Ripu Malla, a particularly active Khasa Malla ruler of the early 14th century. By doing so, the metal sculptures attributed to the period of the Khasa Malla kings will be contextualized with the artistic heritage of western Nepal, where the rulers had their capitals.
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hal-03955425 , version 1 (30-01-2024)

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David Cornélius Andolfatto. Ripu Malla, a Buddhist Emperor from Western Nepal. Orientations -Hong Kong-, 2021, 52 (3), pp.69-76. ⟨hal-03955425⟩
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