Table of Contents

Volume One 1. Helmut Hoffman 'Early and Medieval Tibet' D Sinor (ed.), The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990 2. Charles Ramble 'Se: Preliminary Notes on the Distribution of an Ethnonym in Tibet and Nepal' Karmay, S., & Sagant, P. (eds), Les Habitants du Toit Du Monde: Etudes Recueillies en Hommage a Alexander W. Macdonald, Nanterre (Societe d'ethnologie), pp. 485-513, 1997 3. Alexander W Macdonald 'A Note on Tibetan Megoliths' Essays on the Ethnology of Nepal and South Asia , Kathmandhu (Ratna Pustak Bhandar), pp.15-24, 1975 4. John Bellezza 'A Preliminary Archaeological Survey of gNam mtsho and Dang ra g.yu mtsho' The Tibet Journal , XXI.I, pp.58-83, 1996 5. G Uray 'The Old Tibetan Sources of the History of Central Asia up to 751 AD: A Survey' in Harmatta, J., (ed.), Prolegomena to the Sources on the History of Pre-Islamic Central Asia, Budapest (Akademiai Kiado), pp.275-304, 1979 6. Erik Haarh 'The Yar Lung Dynasty' in The Yar Lun Dynasty: A study with particular regard to the contribution by myths and legends to the history of Ancient Tibet and the origin and nature of its kings, Copenhagen, (G.E.C. Gad), 1969: translated from the Danish by Anne Burchardi for this volume. 7. Hugh Richardson 'The Origin of the Tibetan Kingdom' Bulletin of Tibetology new series 3., (Gangtok) pp.5-19, 1989 8. Nathan Cutler 'The Early Rulers of Tibet: Their Lineage and Burial Rites' The Tibet Journal , 16.3, pp.28-51, 1991 9. J Russell Kirkland 'The Spirit of the Mountain: Myth and State in Pre-Buddhist Tibet' History of Religions, (Uni. Of Chicago), 21.3, pp. 257-71, 1982 10. Samten Karmay 'The Origin Myths of the First King of Tibet as Revealed in the Can-Lnga' in Kvaerne, P. (ed.), Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Fagernes 1992, Oslo (The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture), vol.1, pp.408-29, 1994 11. G Tucci 'The Sacral Character of the Kings of Ancient Tibet' East and West, 4, pp.197-205, 1955 12. Christopher Beckwith 'The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History' Silver on Lapis: Tibetan Literary Culture and History , Bloomington, pp. 3-11, 1987 13. G Uray 'Notes on a Chronological Problem in the Old Tibetan Chronicle' Acta Orientalia Hungarica , 21.3, pp.289-99, 1968 14. G Uray 'Queen Sad-Mar-Kar's Songs in the Old Tibetan Chronicle' Acta Orientalia Hung . 25.3, pp. 5-38, 1972 15. Christopher Beckwith 'The Revolt of 755 in Tibet' in Steinkellner, E. & Tauscher, H., (eds.), Contributions on Tibetan Language, History and Culture; proceedings of the Csoma de Koros Symposium held at Velm

About the Author

Dr Alex McKay is an Indo-Tibetan historian and research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in The Netherlands.

Reviews

'This book contains a wealth of important articles featuring much interesting material about the history of Tibet.' - Journal of School of Oriental and African Studies'A rich and detailed canvas providing a valuable and unique reference for new and established scholars, as well as a fascinating dip-into read for all those interested in Tibet's history, religion and culture.' - Asian Affairs