他主张西藏应当有权利成为一个单独存在的政治实体。他在两本书 Tibet and Its History (1962) 以及 A Cultural History of Tibet (1968)中均谈到了这一主张,并在爱尔兰在联合国提出中国压迫西藏问题时在联合国提出了这一主张。在联合国,用一位评论家的话来说,“他作为一位诚实的人勇敢从事于很大程度上已被遗忘的事业,因为出于政治上的权宜之计,双方都不顾原则并且不愿冒险倾向于可能的失败方,但他这样做值得。”据报道,他的立场引起了英国和印度出席联合国大会代表团的不满。[7]
后来他写道,“英国政府,这西方国家中唯一与西藏有条约关系的政府,将西藏抛入深渊并从此不断冷落西藏人,结果1959年他们甚至没有支持联合国谴责中国人在西藏侵犯人权的决议。(The British government, the only government among Western countries to have had treaty relations with Tibet, sold the Tibetans down the river and since then have constantly cold-shouldered the Tibetans so that in 1959 they could not even support a resolution in the UN condemning the violation of human rights in Tibet by the Chinese.)”
1949 “Three ancient inscriptions from Tibet” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 15, (1949): 45-64.
1952. Ancient historical edicts at Lhasa and the Mu Tsung / Khri Gtsung Lde Brtsan treaty of A.D. 821-822 from the inscription at Lhasa. London: Royal Asiatic Society Prize Publication Fund 19, 1952.
1952-3 “Tibetan inscriptions at Zva-hi Lha Khang” London: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (1952): 133-54 (1953): 1-12.
1954 “A ninth-century inscription from Rkong-po.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. London, (1954): 157-73.
1957 “A Tibetan Inscription from Rgyal Lha-khang” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society London, (1957): 57-78.
1964 “A new inscription of Khri Srong Lde Brtans.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society London. (1964): 1-13.
1965a "How old was Srong-brtsan Sgam-po ?", Bulletin of Tibetology, vol. 2, no. 1, 6-8. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 3-6.
1965b "A fragment from Tun-huang", Bulletin of Tibetology, vol. 2, no. 3, 33-38. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 7-11.
1969 “The inscription at the Tomb of Khri Lde Srong Btsan”, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1969): 29-38
1969b “Tibetan chis and tschis.” Asia Major 14 (1969): 154-6.
1972 “The rKong-po Inscription.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society London. (1972): 30-39.
1973 “The Skar-cung inscription.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. (1973): 12-20.
1974 Ch'ing Dynasty Inscriptions at Lhasa. (Serie Orientale Roma v. 47). Rome: Instituto italiano per l'africa e l'oriente. 1974.
1978 “The Sino-Tibetan treaty inscription of A.D. 821/823 at Lhasa.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: (1978): 137-62.
1983 “Bal-po and Lho-bal” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 46 (1983): 136-8.
1985. A corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions. (James G. Forlong Series no. 29). Hertford: Royal Asiatic Society, 1985. ISBN 0-947593-00-4.
1987 “Early Tibetan Inscriptions: Some Recent Discoveries” The Tibet Journal 12.2.Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan works and archives, (1987): 3-15. (reprinted with 2 short notes added) Bulletin of Tibetology n.s. 3. Gangtok Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology, (1987): 5-18. High Peaks, Pure Earth. London: Serindia, 1998: 261-275.
1988 “More Early Inscriptions from Tibet” Bulletin of Tibetology. New Series 2. Gangtok Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology. (1988): 5-8. High Peaks, Pure Earth. London: Serindia, 1998: 276-278.
1989 "Eary Tibetan law concerning dog-bite", Bulletin of Tibetology, new ser. 3, 5-10. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 135-139.
1990 "Hunting accidents in early Tibet", Tibet Journal, 15-4, 5-27. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 149-166.
1995a “The Tibetan Inscription attributed to Ye shes ‘od” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3rd Series 5.3. (1995): 403-404.
1995b “The inscription at Ra-tshag Dgon-pa” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 58 (1995): 534-9; High Peaks, Pure Earth. London: Serindia, 1998: 286-291.
^Alex Mckay. Richardson Hugh: High peaks, pure earth: collected writings on Tibetan history and culture. Edited by Aris Michael. [xxi], 776 pp., 64 plates. London: Serindia, 1998. £25.. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London). June 1999, 62 (2): 384–385. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00017201.
^Hugh Richardson. The Guardian. 2001-01-04 [2017-10-24]. (原始内容存档于2017-10-24).(英文)