CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Henk Blezer.7 THE MATERIAL CORRELATES OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE IN FAR WESTERN TIBET: 500 BCE–500 CE Mark Aldenderfer.13 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ‘KHYUNG LUNG SILVER CASTLE’ IN WESTERN TIBET Li Yongxian.35 TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRE-BUDDHIST ZHANG ZHUNG PALEOCULTURAL ENTITY—A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND POPULAR BON LITERARY SOURCES John V. Bellezza.53 IN SEARCH OF THE HEARTLAND OF BON—KHYUNG LUNG DNGUL MKHAR THE SILVER CASTLE IN GARU?A VALLEY Henk Blezer. 117 ON ZHANGZHUNG AND BON Christopher I. Beckwith. 164 IN SEARCH OF ZHANG ZHUNG—THE ‘GREY AND EMPTY’ LAND? Alex McKay. 185 THE BON OF BON—FOREVER OLD Henk Blezer. 207 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITY OF THE MDO 'DUS IN RELATION TO THE MDO CHEN PO BZHI Kalsang Norbu Gurung, Acharya. 247 BON MONASTIC DISCIPLINE AND THE GREAT MASTER DGONGS PA RAB GSAL Kalsang Norbu Gurung, Acharya. 273 THE ORIGIN AND TRANSMISSION OF THE BUDDHIST LOWER VINAYA TRADITION Nyima Woser Choekhortshang, Geshe. 307 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 321