Contributions to the cultural history of early Tibet / edited by Matthew T. Kapstein, Brandon Dotson.

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TextSeries: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; v. 14.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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9789047421191
9047421191

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951.5 22

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DS785 .C52 2007eb

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Contents:

Preface; Abbreviations; PART ONE: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY; BRANDON DOTSON Divination and Law in the Tibetan Empire: The Role of Dice in the Legislation of Loans, Interest, Marital Law and Troop Conscription; BIANCA HORLEMANN The Relations of the Eleventh-Century Tsong kha Tribal Confederation to Its Neighbour States on the Silk Road; PART TWO: LITERARY AND ORAL TRANSMISSIONS; YOSHIRO IMAEDA The History of the Cycle of Birth and Death: A Tibetan Narrative from Dunhuang; SAM VAN SCHAIK Oral Teachings and Written Texts: Transmission and Transformation in Dunhuang.

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Summary: Early medieval Tibet remains one of the most challenging fields in Tibetan Studies overall, wherein numerous mysteries remain. This work features six contributions that shed light on major topics in history, literature and religion.

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Early medieval Tibet remains one of the most challenging fields in Tibetan Studies overall, wherein numerous mysteries remain. This work features six contributions that shed light on major topics in history, literature and religion.

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