113:. Snellgrove had not long returned from a trip to the Himalayas and had brought five Tibetan refugees back with him around the time of the first wave of exiles post 1959. Denwood's intrigue about the situation with his friend's house guests, coupled with his interest in oriental architecture inspired him to join Snellgrove on an overland trip to India he had been planning. They drove a Land Rover to Nepal together, (which they later sold to a Bhutanese army officer,) and Denwood stayed there learning Tibetan while Snellgrove went ahead to South India. When Snellgrove returned to Nepal, Denwood joined him once again and they drove to Bhutan. The trip lasted a year in total and learning the Tibetan language had prompted Denwood's interest in linguistics.
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During his time learning
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Studies. Papers in honour and appreciation of Professor David L.Snellgrove's contribution to Indo-Tibetan studies (= Buddhica Britannica vol.2). Tring (1990), The Institute of Buddhist Studies, 75–80.
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England, Denwood landed the training post of Research Fellow of Tibetan at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS), where he was eventually appointed as a lecturer.
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260:“Early connections between Ladakh/Baltistan and Amdo/Kham.” in Ladakhi Histories: Local and Regional perspectives, edited by John Bray, Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2006, 31–40.
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Denwood, Philip (1990). "Inscriptions at
Balukhar and Char Zampa and archaeological observations on the fort of Balukhar and its environs" (with N.F.Howard), T. Skorupski, (ed.),
263:“The Tibetans in the Western Himalayas and Karakoram, Seventh-Eleventh Centuries: Rock art and inscriptions.” Journal of Inner Asian Art & Archaeology 2, 2007, 49–58.
230:"Sources of mandala design in India and Tibet", R.Whitfield (ed.), The Rise of Esoteric Buddhist Art, Percival David Foundation Colloquy No. 13, London (1992), SOAS .
242:“The Tibetanisation of Ladakh: the Linguistic Evidence.” in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Ladakh in Recent Research on Ladakh 4 & 5, 281–289.
254:“Architectural style at Shalu.” in Tibetan Art: Towards a definition of Style edited by J.Casey Singer & Philip Denwood, Calmann & Kng, London 1997, 220–229.
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Denwood, Philip (1981). "Metal and other objects in some of the
Istanbul Album paintings." (with G.Fehervari) in Islamic Art 1, The Islamic Art Foundation, New York.
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Research on Ladakh 4 & 5: proceedings of the Fourth and Fifth International Colloquia on Ladakh. (edited with H.Osmaston) SOAS/Motilal Banarsidas 1996.
217:(= Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 26). Vienna (1991), Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien Universität Wien, 129–136.
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who at the time was teaching in the SOAS Linguistics department. This study culminated in the writing of his own book of
Tibetan grammar, titled; 'Tibetan'.
239:“William Moorcroft: an Assessment.” in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Ladakh in Recent Research on Ladakh 4 & 5, 39–54.
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Denwood, Philip (1990). "Uses of Indian technical literature in
Tibetan architecture", South Asian Studies 6 (1990), 95–104.
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Denwood, Philip (1990). "Some remarks on the status and dating of the sBa-bzhed ", The Tibet Journal XV,6 (1990), 135–148.
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Buddhist Studies, Ancient and Modern (edited with A.Piatigorsky), SOAS, Centre of South Asian Studies 1983.
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Tibetan Art: Towards a definition of Style (edited, with J.Casey Singer) Calmann & Kng, London 1997.
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Denwood, Philip (1991). "Some rare words in Tibetan documents of the early period", E.Steinkellner (ed.),
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was his wife who decided to learn how to weave a carpet, whilst Denwood wrote a book about the process.
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Denwood, Philip (1980). "Temple and Rock Inscriptions at Alchi." in D.L.Snellgrove & T.Skorupski,
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227:"Some formative influences on Mahayana Buddhist art," The Buddhist Forum 2, London (1991), SOAS.
193:"Notes on some Tibetan Bonpo Rituals." in Buddhist Studies, Ancient and Modern (see above), 12–19.
266:“The Tibetans in the West.” Part 1: Journal of Inner Asian Art & Archaeology 3, 2008, 7-21.
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