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The Tibetan empire in central Asia : a history of the struggle for great power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the early Middle Ages / Christopher I. Beckwith.

By: Beckwith, Christopher I, 1945-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993. Description: xxiii, 281 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0691024693 (pbk. : alk. paper) :Subject(s): Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History | Asia, Central -- HistoryGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 951/.5 LOC classification: DS786 | .B38 1993
Contents:
Prologue: Tibet and Central Asia before the Empire -- 1. Entrance into Central Asia -- 2. The Tibetan Empire in the Western Regions -- 3. The Arabs and Western Turks -- 4. The Turgis Alliance -- 5. T'ang China and the Arabs -- 6. The Late Empire -- Epilogue: Tibet and Early Medieval Eurasia Today -- App. A. On the Degree of Tibetan Domination -- App. B. On the Western Regions in Old Tibetan Sources -- App. C. On the Royal Clan of the Turks -- App. D. On the On oq -- App. E. On Alutar, King of Ferghana.
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"Fourth printing, and first paperback printing, with a new afterword, 1993"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Tibet and Central Asia before the Empire -- 1. Entrance into Central Asia -- 2. The Tibetan Empire in the Western Regions -- 3. The Arabs and Western Turks -- 4. The Turgis Alliance -- 5. T'ang China and the Arabs -- 6. The Late Empire -- Epilogue: Tibet and Early Medieval Eurasia Today -- App. A. On the Degree of Tibetan Domination -- App. B. On the Western Regions in Old Tibetan Sources -- App. C. On the Royal Clan of the Turks -- App. D. On the On oq -- App. E. On Alutar, King of Ferghana.

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