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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckwith, Christopher I.

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Central Asia.

Asia, Central--History.

Asia, Central.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1987.

Summary:

This narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia. It shows the importance of overland contacts between East and West in the Early Middle Ages and elucidates Tibet's role in the conflict over Central Asia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Transcription and Translation of Oriental Languages

Note on Chronology

Abbreviations

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 Tiirgis Alliance

5. T'ang China and the Arabs

6. The Late Empire

Epilogue: Tibet and Early Medieval Eurasia Today

A. On the Degree of Tibetan Domination

B. On the Western Regions in Old Tibetan Sources

C. On the Royal Clan of the Turks

D. On the On oq

E. On Alutar, King of Ferghana

Afterword (1993)

Table of Rulers

Glossary

Bibliographical Essay

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691054940

0691054940

9780691216300

0691216304

OCLC:

1227050864