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 by Christopher I Beckwith (1993).pdf

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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
Princeton University Press
PRINCETON, NEW
JERSEY
Published by Princeton University Press,
4
I
William Street, Princeton, N e w Jersey 08540
In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press,
Chichester, West Sussex
Copyright
O
1987 by Princeton University Press
All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
T h e 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.
P.
cm.
"Fourth printing, and first paperback edition, with a new afterword,
I
993"-Colophon.
al
Includes b i b l i ~ ~ r a p h i c references and index.
,
ISBN 0-691-02469-3 (pbk.: alk. paper)
I .
Tibet (China)-History.
2. Asia, Central-History.
I. Title.
DS786. B38
1993
92-36307
95
I
'.
5-dc20
Fourth printing, and first paperback edition, with a new afterword, 1993
Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the Publications
Program o f the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent
Federal agency
Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet
the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on
Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library
Resources
Printed in the United States of America
Cover photo: From A
Cultural History o f Tibet
by
David Snellgrove and
H u g h Richardson.
0
1968 George Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Reprinted by
arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc.
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Transcription and Translation of Oriental
Languages
Note on Chronology
Abbreviations
Prologue: Tibet and Central Asia before the Empire
I
2
vii
xiii
xvi
Entrance into Central Asia
The Tibetan Empire in the Western Regions
The Arabs and Western Turks
The Tiirgii Alliance
T'ang China and the Arabs
The Late Empire
3
4
5
6
Epilogue: Tibet and Early Medieval Eurasia Today

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