Asian Horizons: Giuseppe Tucci's Buddhist, Indian, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies

Angelo Andrea Di Castro teaches archaeology at Monash University. He has conducted many archaeological investigations in Italy, Nepal, western China and published on Asian cultures, art and archaeology. He specialises in South and Central Asia, in particular India, Gandhāra, and the Himalayan regions. His research is currently focused on the archaeology of the Kashgar oasis (Xinjiang, China) and the cultural interactions between the Mediterranean world and Central Asia. 

David Templeman has worked for many years on the writings of the 16–17th century Tibetan lama, Taranatha. He is working on a translation of that lama’s massive autobiography and has recently co-authored (with John Powers) A Historical Dictionary of Tibet. He is an Adjunct Research fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Monash University.