Western Tibet and the British Border Land

Western Tibet and the British Border Land

by Charles Sherring

376 pages· 1996· ISBN 9788120608542
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A short and very informative work on the history of western Tibet including Ladakh. The book has 15 chapters that cover 1) the Greek and Roman authors on the nations of Western Tibet 2) the mission of the Mons to western Tibet 3) the migration of the dards 4) the Chinese records of western Tibet (640-760 AD) 5) the time of the Tibeto-durd Kingdoms (500-1000 AD) 6) the inauguration of the central Tibetan dynasty and its first kings (900-1400 A.D) 7) The days of Tsongkapa and the fall of the first dynasty (1400-1580) 8) the time of the Baltiwars (1560-1640) 9) the great Mongol war 1646, 1647 10) the quarrel for the succession (1680-1780) 11) the last two kings (1780-1843) 12) the fall of the western Tibetan empire (1834-1840) 13) the conquest of Baltistan (1841) 14) war against central Tibet (1841-42). The book ends with 2 appendices that note 1) Rinchana Bhotis career and 2) the Ancient history of Lahore. The book was first published in 1907.

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