Foreword ........................................................ 1
by Per K. Sørensen
Preface and Acknowledgements .................................... 3
Part I
INTRODUCTION
Introducing the Old Tibetan Annals .............................. 9
The Tibetan Empire, a Brief Survey .......................... 16
The Old Tibetan Annals' Contributions to Tibetan History .... 22
Succession and Marriage and the Tibetan Royal Line ............. 25
Royal Brothers and Half Brothers ............................ 26
Mothers, Grandmothers, Heir-Bearing Queens, and Junior
Queens: Maternal and Affinal Relatives ...................... 29
Dynastic Marriage and International Relations ............... 31
Historical Geography and the Old Tibetan Annals ................ 37
The Extent of the Empire .................................... 40
The Emperor's Court and the Political Councils .............. 43
Administration and Administrators in the Old Tibetan Annals .... 46
Land and Taxation ........................................... 47
Conscription, the Transport Network, and the Alert System ... 55
Functionaries in the Old Tibetan Annals ..................... 57
Class and Rank in the Tibetan Empire ........................... 59
Ennoblement and Ministerial Aristocracy ..................... 60
Nepotism, Guilt By Association, Exchange, and Inheritance ... 65
Commoners, Subjects, and Bondservants ....................... 67
Rank Order and Chain of Command ............................. 69
Linguistic and Orthographic Features of the Old Tibetan
Annals ......................................................... 74
Part II
THE OLD TIBETAN ANNALS
The Old Tibetan Annals, Version I: PT 1288, IOL Tib J 750 ...... 79
The Old Tibetan Annals, Version II: OR 8212 (187) ............. 126
"Annals Fragments" ......................................... 135
APPENDICES
Appendix One - Annalistic Entries in Other Documents .......... 141
Appendix Two - The Royal Succession ........................... 143
Appendix Three - The Sack of the Chinese Capital in the Old
Tibetan Chronicle and the Zhol Pillar ......................... 147
Appendix Four - The "Succession of Chief Ministers" in
the Old Tibetan Chronicle ..................................... 150
Appendix Five - The Regimes of Khri Srong-lde-btsan, Khri
Lde-srong-btsan, and Khri Gtsug-lde-btsan Based on their
Edicts ........................................................ 154
Part III
IMPERIAL CENTRAL TIBET
An Annotated Cartographical Survey of its Territorial
Divisions and Key Political Sites by Guntram Hazod
1. Introductory Remarks ....................................... 163
Abbreviations .............................................. 164
2. Principal Provinces ........................................ 166
3. The Ancient Principalities ................................. 170
3.1. Notes on Map 3.1 ...................................... 170
3.2. Evidence of Local Dynasties in Early Central Tibet -
Newly discovered burial sites in the areas related
to the ancient principalities and the key districts
of the four Horns ..................................... 175
4. The Eighteen Shares of Power ............................... 193
5. The Borders and Centers of the Four Horns .................. 197
6. The Districts of the Four Horns ............................ 200
7. The Place Names of the Annals in Central Tibet ............. 212
7.1. Notes on Map 7.1-2 .................................... 212
7.2. The Identification of Nyen-kar - Local Examination
of a Royal Residence Place and Clan Land in the
Skyid-chu Valley ...................................... 224
7.2.1. Preliminary Remarks ............................ 224
7.2.2. The Identification of Nyen-kar ................. 225
7.2.3. Dba's - A Dynasty in Skyid-shod ................ 230
TABLE AND GLOSSARY
Table of Royal Residences, Council Sites, Foreign Visits,
and "Royal Events" ............................................ 235
Glossary ...................................................... 257
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abbreviations ................................................. 265
Cited Old Tibetan Documents ................................... 269
References .................................................... 270
INDICES
Index of Place Names in the Old Tibetan Annals ................ 289
Index of Personal Names in the Old Tibetan Annals ............. 296
Photographic Reproductions of the Old Tibetan Annals:
PT 1288, IOL Tib J 750, and Or. 8212 (187) .................... 301
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