A History of Western Tibet - One of the Unknown Empires

Author: A H FranckePublisher: Motilal BanarsidassYear: 1998Language: EnglishPages: 141ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120813944 DescriptionA History of Western Tibet is based on foreign and Western Tibetan sources of information. The Western Tibetan sources of information are records on stones and on paper. Records on stones cover the period 200 B C to 1900 A D. Records on paper are the chronicles of the Kings of Leh (or Ladakh). Though these are edited ones, much remains to be done.According to Francke it's not time for the compilation of a scientific history. That may be written when all the historical records of whose existence we known have been edited. There are historical records, which it is extremely difficult for a European to get hold of, although there can be no doubt about their existence. Among them are the chronicles of several lines of Vassal-Princes. Basing his work on the Book of the Kings of Ladakh Masterly translated by Dr Karl Marx, the author ventures on a popular histor