Himalayan Buddhism has been one of the most tempting subjects worldwide, and many works are available on it. Even so, there remain many areas yet to be explored and studied. Of those, the critical appreciation of the life and carrier of Great lotsab Rinchen Zangpo is perhaps the most challenging one.
Rinchen Zangpo and his Legacy of Buddhism, O.C. Handa, Pentagon Press, Hardcover, 2019, 285 pp, $42.95

O.C. Handa (born 2nd Oct. 1936 at Mandi HP) is a well-known connoisseur of art and culture, having been in the field for more than half a century. He is an outstanding scholar of history and archaeology of India in general and of the Himalayan region in particular. He has been travelling extensively in all parts of India to have firsthand knowledge of the sociocultural life of the people and their creativeness, which underscores his zeal to acquire firsthand knowledge of their accomplishments. His writings vividly reflect that quality.

Dr. Handa holds a post-doctoral degree in History. Having come from the civil engineering background, he underwent training in Archaeology. He remained in-charge of Museums & Archaeology in Himachal Pradesh and Director of the International Roerich Museum Trust.

He has authored thirty-four books on various aspects of Indian culture, and contributed many papers to the national & international journals and the Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. Thus, he has more than five hundred papers to his credit. He has been participating in the international, national and regional seminars, lecturing at various forums in India and abroad and performing on the radio and TV.

He remained member of various expert committees of the Lalit Kala Akademi and of the Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India. He remained a Fellow of the Himachal Academy of Art, Language & Culture, ICHR and IIAS, the US-based Infinity Foundation, Senior Fellow of e ICHR and a Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Culture as an outstanding person in the field of culture. He also remained Consultant, Infinity Foundation & Senior Editor, History of Indian Science & Technology (HIST) Series for many years.

The Government of Himachal Pradesh honoured him with the Prerana Strot Samman. Besides, several organisations have honoured him.

CONTENTS: Rinchen Zangpo and his Legacy of Buddhism
	Preface		vii
	Acknowledgements		xi
	List of Text Figures		xiii
	List of Plates		xv
PART ONE HIMALAYAN BUDDHISM & RINCHEN ZANGPO AGE
1	Retrospection		3
2	The Rinchen Zangpo Age		22
3	Essential Features of the Rinchen Zangpo Age Establishments		41
PART TWO SURVEY OF RINCHEN ZANGPO AGE FOUNDATIONS
4	The Tabo Chokhor		51
5	Alchi Chokhor		92
6	Lalung Monastery		116
7	Monastery and Temples at Nako		126
8	Lotsab-bai Lha-khang at Poo		139
9	Lotsab Lha-khang at Ropa		145
10	Dhankar Monastery		150
11	Tangyud (Hikim) Monastery		157
12	Charang Monastery (Kinnaur)		161
13	Lotsab Lha-khang at Ribba		168
PART THREE STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES & ART WORK
	Introduction		181
14	Construction Methods		183
15	Thematic Universe of Monastic Art		187
16	Wall Painting		201
17	Stucco		208
18	Wooden Images and Woodcarving		213
19	Thanka		223
20	Metallic Images		228
APPENDICES
	I	Rock Inscription at Poo	233
	II	Bibliography of Works translated by Rinchen Zangpo individually or in Collaboration with others	236
	III	Manuscript Collection of Tabo Chokhor	242
	IV	Edited version of the 'Tibetan Cultural Missions to India' as described in 'Bromton's Life of Atish' reproduced by Sukumar Dutt in his 'Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India' as an appendix	242
Bibliography of the Cited Works			251
Index			255
Plates			269