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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Dates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring Lands
Maps
Part I. From Prehistory to History
1. The Prehistory of the Tibetan Plateau to the Seventh Century A.D.
2. Some Reflections on the Periodization of Tibetan History
3. History as Myth: On the Appropriation of the Past in Tibetan Culture
Part II. Imperial Tibet (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)
Narratives of Tibetan Origins
4. Remarks on the Mani Kabum and the Cult of Avalokiteśvara in Tibet
5. On the Tibetan Historiography and Doxography of the “Great Debate of Samyé”
Imperial Politics
6. The Linguistic and Historical Setting of the Old Tibetan Inscriptions
7. The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History
Part III. Tibetan Revivals (Tenth to Twelfth Centuries)
8. The Tibetan Tribes of Hexi and Buddhism During the Northern Song Period
9. The Rulers of Western Tibet
10. The Bön Religion of Tibet
11. The Evolution of Monastic Power
Part IV. Lamas and Patrons (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries)
Tibet and the Mongols
12. The Preceptor-Donor Relation in Thirteenth-Century Tibetan Society and Polity: Its Inner Asian Precursors and Indian Models
13. The Mongol Census in Tibet
14. Sakya Pandita’s Letter to the Tibetans: A Late and Dubious Addition to His Collected Works
Part V. Centers of Power and Religious Learning (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
15. The Rise of the Pakmodru Dynasty
16. Monastic Patronage in Fifteenth-Century Tibet
17. Central Tibetan Conflict in the Sixteenth Century
18. The He Clan of Hezhou: A Tibetan Family in Service to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
19. Bön in Central and East Tibet
Part VI. Modern Tibet (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries)Central Tibetan Leadership
Central Tibetan Leadership
20. The Dalai Lamas and the Origins of Reincarnate Lamas
21. The Fifth Dalai Lama
22. Experience, Empiricism, and the Fortunes of Authority: Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism on the Eve of Modernity
Tibet and the Manchus
23. The Administration of Tibet During the First Half-Century of Chinese Protectorate
24. Lobjang Danjin’s Rebellion of 1723
25. Aristocracy and Government in Tibet: 1728–1959
Economy and Trade
26. Gold, Wool, and Musk: Trade in Lhasa in the Seventeenth Century
27. The Circulation of Estates in Tibet: Reincarnation, Land, and Politics
28. The Geo-History of Long-Distance Trade in Tibet 1850–1950
Institutional Growth Beyond Central Tibet
29. The Kingdom of Dergé
30. Labrang: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery at the Crossroads of Four Civilizations
Tibet in a Global Context
31. Uniting Religion and Politics in a Bid for Autonomy: Lamas in Exile in China and America
32. Progressives and Exiles
33. The Genesis of the Sino-Tibetan Agreement of 1951
Full References to Original Articles
Bibliography
Index
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