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.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Beckwith, Christopher I.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)

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.

Table of 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