The Old Tibetan annals : An annotated translation of Tibet's first history / Brandon Dotson ; With an annotated cartographical documentation by Guntram Hazod.

Includes Tibetan text and English translation of the Old Tibetan annals, version I (PT 1288, IOL Tib J 750) and version II (OR8212 (187)

Includes bibliogr. references : (p. 270-286) and indexes

Introduction. Introducing the Old Tibetan annals ; Succession and marriage and the Tibetan royal line ; Historical geography and the Old Tibetan annals ; Administration and administrators in the Old Tibetan annals ; Class and rank in the Tibetan Empire ; Linguistic and orthographic features of the Old Tibetan annals - The old Tibetan annals. The Old Tibetan annals, version I : PT 1288, IOL Tib J 750 ; The Old Tibetan annals, version II : OR 8212 (187) -Appendices. Appendix one : annalistic entries in other documents ; Appendix two : the royal succession ; Appendix three : the sack of the Chinese capital in the Old Tibetan chronicle and the Zhol Pillar ; Appendix four : The "Succession of chief ministers" in the Old Tibetan chronicle ; Appendix five : the regimes of Khri Srong-Ide-btsan, Khri Lde-srong-btsan, and Khri Gtsug-Ide-btsan based on their edicts - Imperical central Tibet. An annotated cartographical survey of its territorial divisions and key political sites / Guntram Hazod - Table and glossary. Table of royal residences, council sites, foreign visits, and "Royal events" ; Glossary