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User:PHG windsurfing in Asia, December 30th, 2006. Lagoon, 4.5 sail.

Hi! I have been contributing to Wikipedia since 2004/03/06. With over 25,080 edits to date, I am ranked 493 in number of edits. I created more than 300 articles, and 8 articles which I created or unstubbed reached FA status (Boshin War, Imperial Japanese Navy, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Indo-Greek Kingdom, History of Buddhism etc...). I also have contributed thousands of images and photographs from Museums around the world. My main interests revolve around cultural interaction through the Ages, and I enjoy developing content on these subjects. I am a multinational business manager, with over 20 years experience working in Asia, the US and Europe. I am a fervent supporter of Wikipedia:NPOV policy, according to which all significant views should be presented in articles.

<<< "Barnstar awarded in recognition of PHG's work on starting the History of Buddhism page." (Thanks Nat!)

>>> "Here's the Barnstar of High Culture. Excellent work! --Historian 07:28, 30 September 2005 (UTC)" (Thanks Historian!)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your magnificent contributions on Asian history and a seemingly endless variety of other subjects. Hats off to a Wikipedian Star! John Hill 22:23, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
The Tibetan Award of Excellence
For your outstanding work on East Asian and Buddhist related articles your contribution is a delight to read and has been admirable ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 11:13, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar
Awarded to PHG for his superlative work on such fascinating subjects as Franco-Mongol alliance and Christianity among the Mongols by Ghirla-трёп- 18:31, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Armenian Barnstar of National Merit
I, Eupator, hereby award you this Barnstar of National Merit for all the work you have done to improve the coverage of Cilician Armenia on Wikipedia and the creation as well as maintenance of the Franco-Mongol alliance article. Keep up the great work!
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The 25 DYK Medal
Congratulations! Here's a medal for you in appreciation of your hardwork in creating, expanding and nominating 25+ articles for DYK. Its a bit belated as you have over 40 ... it seems a long time since Tillia Tepe and so many articles. Keep up the good work, PHG! --Victuallers (talk) 21:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)



One of my favourite photographs: a syncretic Greco-Buddhist Buddha, art of Gandhara, 1st-2nd century CE. I took the photograph at the Tokyo National Museum.
One of my favourite photographs: a syncretic Greco-Buddhist Buddha, art of Gandhara, 1st-2nd century CE. I took the photograph at the Tokyo National Museum.
Another favourite photograph: seated Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd century CE. Taken in Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin.
Another favourite photograph: seated Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd century CE. Taken in Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin.

Contents

[edit] Places I've been

EUROPE
 FRANCE
 ASIA
 JAPAN
 AMERICAS
 OTHERS

BELGIUM:

THE NETHERLANDS:

GERMANY:

ITALY:

SPAIN:

GREAT BRITAIN:

RUSSIA:

AUSTRIA:

FRANCE:

KOREA:

CHINA:

THAILAND:

UZBEKISTAN:

KAZAKHSTAN:

MALAYSIA:

SINGAPORE:

INDONESIA:

PHILIPPINES:

INDIA:

TAIWAN:

JAPAN:
Kanto:

Kansai:

Tohoku:

Kyushu:

Hokkaido:

USA:

Hawaii:

US Virgin Islands:

British Virgin Islands:

CANADA:

AUSTRALIA:
QUEENSLAND:



OCEANIA:
Tahiti:



AFRICA:
MOROCCO:

TUNISIA:


[edit] Created articles

BUDDHISM
Image:Dharma wheel 1.png		 ASIAN HISTORY
 JAPAN
 FRANCE

...and most Indo-Greek kings



OTHERS:

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Indo-Greeks

PHG's "Indo-Greek" books (well, most of them).
PHG's "Indo-Greek" books (well, most of them).
  • Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991). Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques, Catalogue Raisonné (in French). Bibliothèque Nationale de France. ISBN 2-7177-1825-7.
  • Avari, Burjor (2007). India: The ancient past. Routledge. ISBN 0415356164.
  • Faccenna, Domenico (1980). Butkara I (Swāt, Pakistan) 1956–1962, Volume III 1 (in English). Rome: IsMEO (Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente).
  • McEvilley, Thomas (2002). The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies. Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts. ISBN 1-58115-203-5.
  • Puri, Baij Nath (2000). Buddhism in Central Asia. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-0372-8.
  • Tarn, W. W. (1984). The Greeks in Bactria and India. Chicago: Ares. ISBN 0-89005-524-6.
  • Narain, A.K. (2003). The Indo-Greeks (in English). B.R. Publishing Corporation. "revised and supplemented" from Oxford University Press edition of 1957.
  • Narain, A.K. (1976). The coin types of the Indo-Greeks kings (in English). Chicago, USA: Ares Publishing. ISBN 0-89005-109-7.
  • Cambon, Pierre (2007). Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés (in French). Musée Guimet. ISBN 9782711852185.
  • Keown, Damien (2003). A Dictionary of Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860560-9.
  • Bopearachchi, Osmund (2003). De l'Indus à l'Oxus, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale (in French). Lattes: Association imago-musée de Lattes. ISBN 2-9516679-2-2.
  • Boardman, John (1994). The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-03680-2.
  • Errington, Elizabeth; Joe Cribb; Maggie Claringbull; Ancient India and Iran Trust; Fitzwilliam Museum (1992). The Crossroads of Asia : transformation in image and symbol in the art of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan. Cambridge: Ancient India and Iran Trust. ISBN 0-9518399-1-8.
  • Bopearachchi, Osmund; Smithsonian Institution; National Numismatic Collection (U.S.) (1993). Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian coins in the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: National Numismatic Collection, Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 36240864.
  • 東京国立博物館 (Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan); 兵庫県立美術館 (Hyogo Kenritsu Bijutsukan) (2003). Alexander the Great : East-West cultural contacts from Greece to Japan. Tokyo: 東京国立博物館 (Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan). OCLC 53886263.
  • Lowenstein, Tom (2002). The vision of the Buddha : Buddhism, the path to spiritual enlightenment. London: Duncan Baird. ISBN 1-903296-91-9.
  • Foltz, Richard (2000). Religions of the Silk Road : overland trade and cultural exchange from antiquity to the fifteenth century. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-23338-8.
  • Marshall, Sir John Hubert (2000). The Buddhist art of Gandhara : the story of the early school, its birth, growth, and decline. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 81-215-0967-X.
  • Mitchiner, John E.; Garga (1986). The Yuga Purana : critically edited, with an English translation and a detailed introduction. Calcutta, India: Asiatic Society. OCLC 15211914 ISBN 81-7236-124-6.
  • Salomon, Richard. "The "Avaca" Inscription and the Origin of the Vikrama Era" Vol. 102.
  • Banerjee, Gauranga Nath (1961). Hellenism in ancient India. Delhi: Munshi Ram Manohar Lal. OCLC 1837954 ISBN 0-8364-2910-9.
  • Bussagli, Mario; Francine Tissot; Béatrice Arnal (1996). L'art du Gandhara (in French). Paris: Librairie générale française. ISBN 2-253-13055-9.
  • Marshall, John (1956). Taxila. An illustrated account of archaeological excavations carried out at Taxila (3 volumes) (in English). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
  • (2005) "Afghanistan, ancien carrefour entre l'est et l'ouest" (in French/English). Belgium: Brepols. ISBN 2503516815.
  • Seldeslachts, E. (2003). The end of the road for the Indo-Greeks? (in English). (Also available online): Iranica Antica, Vol XXXIX, 2004.
  • Senior, R.C. (2006). Indo-Scythian coins and history. Volume IV. (in English). Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.. ISBN 0-9709268-6-3.

[edit] Franco-Mongol alliance

Some of my books on the Crusades.PHG 16:09, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Some of my books on the Crusades.PHG 16:09, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Grousset, René (1935). Histoire des Croisades III, 1188-1291 (in French). Editions Perrin. ISBN 2-262-02569-X.
  • Foltz, Richard (2000). "Religions of the Silk Road : overland trade and cultural exchange from antiquity to the fifteenth century". New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-23338-8.
  • Demurger, Alain (2007). Jacques de Molay (in French). Editions Payot&Rivages. ISBN 2228902357.
  • Eddé, Anne-Marie (2002). L'Orient au temps des croisades (in French). GF Flammarion. ISBN 2080711210.
  • Jackson, Peter (2005). The Mongols and the West: 1221-1410. Longman. ISBN 978-0582368965.
  • Lebédel, Claude (2006). Les Croisades, origines et conséquences (in French). Editions Ouest-France. ISBN 2737341361.
  • Maalouf, Amin (1983). Les croisades vues par les Arabes. JC Lattes.
  • Mutafian, Claude (1993, 2001). Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie (in French). CNRS Editions. ISBN 2271051053.
  • Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1996, 2005). Atlas des Croisades (in French). Autrement. ISBN 2862605530.
  • Riley-Smith, Jonathan (2002). The Oxford History of the Crusades. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192803123.
  • Runciman, Steven (1987 (first published in 1952-1954)). A history of the Crusades 3. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140137057.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1980). The Mongols. Osprey Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 9780850453720.
  • Wood, Frances (2002). The Silk Road. University of California Press. ISBN 0520243404.

[edit] Wiki-disputes

Some users seem to be particularly fond of litigation, disputes and "Wikilawyering". I've encountered a few such cases, the most recent one being when I created the Franco-Mongol alliance article (back in August 2007). It is a great subject, which is very much in sync with my general interest for cultural interaction thoughout history. I do like this kind of fascinating, instances of cultural interaction (see also Indo-Greeks, Boshin War, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Christianity among the Mongols, Sino-Roman relations, Roman trade with India etc...), and I generally can spend quite some time and research to document such subjects. A few of these subjects sometimes seem to be contentious with some users however, leading to heated discussions, and may degenerate into various attacks. Sometimes, things seem to never end, and multiple diatribes can keep being posted on various Talk and User pages for a long time.

What the heck? I'm here to share knowledge and contribute fascinating, referenced, stuff about ancient history and cultural interaction. On the other hand, I must say I am not at all interested in Wikipedia politics or lobbying day long against specific users.

Best regards to all and Long Live Wikipedia!

[edit] My photographs

My User ID on Wikipedia Commons is PHGCOM.

[edit] British Museum

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Zhou vase with Western designs

Bimaran casket

Stone palette

Stone palette

[edit] Victoria and Albert Museum

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Zhou plate with Hellenistic designs

Female spouted figure, terracotta, Charsadda, Gandhara, 3rd-1st century BCE.

Mother Goddess (fertility divinity), derived from the Indus Valley tradition, terracotta, Sar Dheri, Gandhara, 1st century BCE.

Hellenistic scene, Gandhara, 1st century CE.

[edit] Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bajaur casket.

Satavahana royal hearings.

Coin of Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Four-armed Vishnu, Pandya Dynasty, 8-9th century CE.

[edit] Le Louvre

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Rosette (design) on a funerary stela

Mithraism relief at the Louvre

A pilaster decorated by a corinthian capital and a female figurine, Athens, 2nd-1st century BCE.

Palmyrene deities

[edit] Le Grand Palais

Corinthian pilar of the Ptolemaic period, Egypt.

Stela of Ptolemy VIII

Statue of Hermes/Ptolemy III

Osiris priest

Ptolemy I coin

[edit] Cabinet des Médailles (Paris)

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Gold stater of Eucratides, the largest gold coin ever minted in Antiquity.

Silver coin of Ariarathes III

Coin of Eumenes I

Gold coin of Diodotus

[edit] Institut du Monde Arabe

Syrian ceramic, 13th century.

Syrian ceramic, 13th century.

[edit] Musée de la Marine (Paris)

Le Plongeur

La Gloire

La Gloire

Steamship by Jouffroy d'Abbans.

Combat de la Martinique.

Portuguese caravel.

Devastation class French ironclad in 1855-1856.

[edit] Musée de l'Armée (Paris)

Western European handgun, 1380.

Hand bombard, 1390-1400.

"Murderer" culverin, 1410.

Wrought iron bombard, circa 1450.

Japanese cannon from Shimonoseki.

Kunitomo airgun.

Kunitomo airgun.

Black Flag Army flag.

Military costume of Emperor Qianlong.

Bombard-Mortar of the Knights of Saint John, Rhodes, 1480-1500.

1841 Chinese cannon.

[edit] Musée Guimet (Paris)

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Guimet Museum

Prince Siddhartha Gautama Shakyamuni (1st-2nd century).

Buddha head (2nd century).

The Great Departure.

[edit] Basilique Saint-Denis

Tomb of Leon V of Armenia.

Bust of Leon V.

Tomb of Charles Martel.

Tomb of Philippe le Bel.

Philippe le Bel.

[edit] Musée de Saint-Denis

(Temporary Marco Polo exhibit, Sep-Dec 2007)
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Nestorian tombstone found in Issyk Kul, dated 1312.

Letter of Oljeitu to Philippe le Bel, 1305.

Silver coin of John II Komnenos.

Another coin of John II Komnenos.

[edit] Musée de Cluny (Paris)

Tomb of Robert de Juliac, Rhodes.

Tombstone of Dieudonné de Gozon, Rhodes.

Tombstone of Jean-Baptiste des Ursins, Rhodes.

Tombstone of abbot Simon de Gillans (-1345).

Coin of Edward, the Black Prince.

Coin of Jean le Bon.

Hand culverin.

[edit] Musée Ernest Cognacq

Siamese king Narai's embassy to Louis XIV in 1686.

George Washington and his French ancestor Nicolas Martiau.

Delftware.

Capture of Île de Ré on September 16th, 1625.

[edit] Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Drugstore of Louis XIV, with details.

Australopithecus boisei.

[edit] Tokyo National Museum

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Tokyo National Museum

Japanese Paleolithic stone tools

Jomon pottery

Jomon pottery

[edit] Tokyo Science Museum

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Japanese 18th century clockwatch

Japanese 18th century book on anatomy

Tanaka Hisashige's 1851 perpetual clock

Japanese 19th century clockwatch

[edit] Ancient Orient Museum (Tokyo)

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Gandhara Poseidon

Gandhara Triton

[edit] Zenyōmitsu-ji (Tokyo)

Zenyōmitsu-ji

The dream of Queen Maya.

The sharing of the relics.

The Buddha at Sarnath.

The Paranirvana of the Buddha.

A Buddha footprint.

The birth of Siddharta, (2nd-3rd century).

The Great Departure from the Palace, (2nd-3rd century).

[edit] Shanghai Museum

Shanghai Museum

Westerner on a camel (Tang)

Western on camel

Tang vase

Kingdom of Wu jar

Jin Dynasty (265-420) vase

[edit] Palazzo Madama, Turin

Indo-Corinthian capital from Butkara Stupa, dated to 20 BCE or earlier (Turin City Museum of Ancient Art).

Parthian horseman. Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy.

Head of the Buddha. Butkara I, 2nd century CE

Buddhist relief with warrior. Butkara I, 1st century CE.

[edit] Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin

Bronze figurine, Dong Son culture.

Gandhara toilet tray.

Gandhara stupa, 2nd century CE.

Ban Chiang vase.

Water buffalo, Lopburi, Thailand, 2300 BCE.

Ceramic, Lopburi, Thailand, 2300 BCE.

Manichaean Electae, Kocho, 10th century.

Education in Japan, 1790.

Three-headed Shiva, Gandhara, 2nd century.

Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd century CE.

Ceramic goblet from Navdatoli, Malwa, 1300 BCE.

The Buddha as a child, taking a bath. Gandhara, 2nd century CE.

The future Buddha Maitreya

The Buddha with Vajrapani.

[edit] Personal collection

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Buddha head from Hadda

Coin of the Mauryan empire

Coin of the Sunga empire

Silver obol of Demetrius.

[edit] Travels

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Oppenheimer beach, St John, Virgin islands

Japanese battleship Mikasa

Japanese battleship Mikasa

The US Navy base at Yokosuka



Major events involved in: Images
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, when at Kata Noi, Thailand



[edit] Created drawings

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CorinthianCapitalDrawing.jpg

Ai-Khanoum capital
FootFragmentDrawing.jpg

Ai-Khanoum fragment


[edit] Created maps

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Sino-French War

Alexander in India

Satraps in India

Edicts of Ashoka.

[edit] Calligraphy

Imperial Japanese Navy

Nanban

Rangaku

Rabban Bar Sauma

[edit] Images

Yagbea-Sion

Hommage of Edward I to the Philippe le Bel.

Latin Patriarch of Antioch Aymery of Limoges (1139-1193).

[edit] Tools

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– Appian, The Syrian Wars

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[edit] Quotes

  • "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." --Bertrand Russell
  • "The mind of the superior man dwells on righteousness; the mind of the little man dwells on profit" --Confucius, Analects
  • "Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be." --William Adams
  • "Make voyages! Attempt them... there's nothing else." Tennessee Williams
  • "I don't want to be 85 years old and have my grandkids go, Ewwww. Grandpa did some dumb shit. I'd rather have them say, Wow, man, you're nuts!" Johnny Depp
  • "Nul n'est prophète en son pays" (French proverb)
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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.
—Jimbo Wales
  • “Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”Thomas Jefferson
  • "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein
  • "Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily." Napoleon Bonaparte
  • "Le succès, c'est une question de méthode" French proverb
  • 天下一家　Chinese proverb
  • "Le luxe, c'est une taxe sur la vanité" Karl Lagerfeld
  • "When the storm breaks, each man acts in accordance with his own nature. Some are dumb with terror, some flee, some hide, and some spread their wings like eagles and soar on the wind." Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." – Albert Einstein... wow...
  • "For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple — and wrong." H.L. Mencken

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