| Description |
xix, 470 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The first Tibetans -- Ch. 2. The first Tibetan Emperor, 600-650 -- Ch. 3. The Tibetan Empire and the spread of Buddhism in Tibet, 650-820 -- Ch. 4. Lang Darma : decline, revolt, and a period of chaos, 797-977 -- Ch. 5. The Dharma returns, and Buddhist orders are born, 978-1204 -- Ch. 6. Mongol overlords and the seeds of a problem, 1207-1368 -- Ch. 7. A master plan : the first to the fourth Dalai Lamas, 1357-1617 -- Ch. 8. The fifth Dalai Lama and the rise of the Manchu, 1617-1720 -- Ch. 9. The sixth to the twelfth Dalai Lamas, 1705-1900 -- Ch. 10. The thirteenth Dalai Lama, 1876-1933 -- Ch. 11. The early life of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, 1935-1950 -- Ch. 12. Life under Chinese occupation, 1951-1959 -- Ch. 13. Since 1959 -- Ch. 14. Epilogue |
| Summary |
"Over the course of three years, journalist Thomas Laird spent more than sixty hours with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in candid, one-on-one interviews in Dharamsala, India. They discussed His Holiness's lifelong study of Buddhism and his beliefs on history, science, and reincarnation. Through these conversations, Laird and the Dalai Lama laid the cornerstones of a popular history of Tibet, something that has not been done with a Dalai Lama since the 1600s." "This was an enormous project, and the result is The Story of Tibet, a vibrant historical narrative that brings these meetings to life. It reveals the presence, character, and ideas of the Dalai Lama, and it introduces the reader to fourteen hundred years of civilization, myth, and spirituality."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Illustration on end-papers |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography : pages [385]-395 |
| Subject |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- -- Interviews.
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| SUBJECT |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135217
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Author |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
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| LC no. |
2006041700 |
| ISBN |
9780802118271 |
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0802118275 |
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