One hundred thousand moons : : an advanced political history of Tibet / / by Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa ; translated and annotated by Derek F. Maher.

• Author: Shakabpa, W. D. 1908-1989.
• TeilnehmendeR: Maher, Derek F.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1260 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Bod kyi srid don rgyal rabs.; 100,000 moons; Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. Origin Of Tibet And The Tibetans And The Common And Uncommon Culture And Traditions Of The Tibetan People /; Chapter Two. Power Of The Ancient Religious Kingdom Of Tibet That Was Protected By The Strength Of Buddhism /; Chapter Three. Era Of The Fragmentation Of Tibet /; Chapter Four. Preceptor-Patron Relationship Between Genghis Khan And Sakya /; Chapter Five. Pakmo Drupa, Rinpungpa, And Tsangpa /; Chapter Six. How The Dalai Lamas Lineage Emerged /; Chapter Seven. Great Fifth Dalai Lama Assumes Political Power Over Tibet /; Chapter Eight. Conflicts Between The Sixth Dalai Lama, The Regent Desi Sangyé Gyatso, And Lozang Khan /; Chapter Nine. Ascension Of The Seventh Dalai Lama To The Golden Throne And The Beginning Of Manchu Influence In Tibet /; Chapter Ten. Eighth Dalai Lama And The Gurkha War /; Chapter Eleven. Ninth And Tenth Dalai Lamas /; Chapter Twelve. Eleventh And Twelfth Dalai Lamas; The Dogra War In Ladakh ; Regent Shedra And Treasurer Pelden Döndrup /; Chapter Thirteen. Thirteenth Dalai Lama And The Border Dispute With Britain /; Chapter Fourteen. Younghusband Military Mission And Its Consequences /; Chapter Fifteen. Chinese Invasion Of Lhasa And Tibet’S Struggle To Maintain Her Independence /; Chapter Sixteen. Proof Of Tibet’S Enduring Independence /; Chapter Seventeen. Tibetan-Chinese War In Kham /; Chapter Eighteen. Emergence Of Political Conflict Within The State /; Chapter Nineteen. Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama Is Enthroned /; Chapter Twenty. Chinese Communist Invasion Of Tibet /; Chapter Twenty-One. Necessity For The Fourteenth Dalai Lama To Assume Religious And Political Authority Suddenly /; Chapter Twenty-Two. Beginning Of The Revolt Against The Chinese In Kham , Gradual Suppression Of The Entirety Of Tibet, And Necessity For The Dalai Lama And Others To Seek The Protection Of India /; Chapter Twenty-Three. Dalai Lama ‘ S Appeal To The United Nations Upon Arriving In India /; Afterword /; Appendices /; Bibliography Of Tibetan Resources /; Bibliography Of Other Resources /; General Index /; Index Of Locations /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1139]-1163) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1283061422; 9786613061423; 904743076X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa ; translated and annotated by Derek F. Maher.

Drawing on a vast array of historical and biographical sources, this volume elaborates Tibetan political history, arguing that Tibet has long been an independent nation, and that the 1950 incursion by the Chinese was an invasion of a sovereign country. The author situates Tibet's relations with a series of Chinese, Manchurian, and Mongolian empires in terms of the preceptor-patron relationship, an essentially religious connection in which Tibetan religious figures offered spiritual instruction to the contemporaneous emperor or other militarily powerful figure in exchange for protection and religious patronage. Simultaneously, this volume serves as an introduction to many aspects of Tibetan culture, society, and especially religion. The book includes a compendium of biographies of the most significant figures in Tibet's past.