TY - BOOK AU - Beckwith,Christopher I. TI - 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 SN - 0691024693 (pbk. : alk. paper) : AV - DS786 .B38 1993 U1 - 951/.5 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Tibet Autonomous Region (China) KW - History KW - Asia, Central N1 - "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 ER -