History of Western Tibet

This is a short and very informative work on the history of western Tibet including Ladakh. The book has 15 chapters that cover: the Greek and Roman authors on the nations of Western Tibet; the mission of the Mons to western Tibet; the migration of the dards; the Chinese records of western Tibet (640-760 AD); the time of the Tibeto-dard Kingdoms (500-1000 AD); the inauguration of the central Tibetan dynasty and its first kings (900-1400 A.D); the days of Tsongkapa and the fall of the first dynasty (1400-1580); the time of the Baltiwars (1560-1640); the great Mongol war (1646-1647); the quarrel for the succession (1680-1780); the last two kings (1780-1843); the fall of the western Tibetan empire (1834-1840); the conquest of Baltistan (1841); and, the war against central Tibet (1841-42). The book ends with 2 appendices that note: Rinchana Bhotis career, and the Ancient history of Lahore. The book was first published in 1907.

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