1. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 13TH DALAI LAMA

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. ILLUSTRATIONS XI
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XV
5. EXPLANATION OF ROMANIZATION AND ABBREVIATIONS XVII
6. PREFACE XIX
7. INTRODUCTION: TIBETAN SOCIETY, 1913-1951 1
8. I. THE ERA OF THE 13TH DALAI LAMA AND RETING, 1913-1941
9. 1. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 13TH DALAI LAMA 41
10. 2. TIBET AND THE NEW REPUBLIC IN CHINA 65
11. 3. THE DALAI LAMA, THE ARMY, AND THE MONASTIC SEGMENT 89
12. 4. THE DEATH OF THE 13TH DALAI LAMA 139
13. 5. THE FALL OF KUMBELA 146
14. 6. IN SEARCH OF A NEW TIBET: LUNGSHAR’S REFORM PARTY 186
15. 7. THE MISSION OF GENERAL HUANG MU-SUNG 213
16. 8. THE BRITISH, THE CHINESE, AND THE PANCHEN LAMA 252
17. 9. RETING TAKES CONTROL, THEN RESIGNS 310
18. 10. CONCLUSION TO PART ONE: THE RETING YEARS 364
19. II. THE ERA OF TAKTRA AND THE 14TH DALAI LAMA, 1941-1951
20. 11. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TAKTRA REGENCY: 1941-1943 369
21. 12. CHANGE AND CONFRONTATION IN THE TWILIGHT OF WORLD WAR II 405
22. 13. THE SEEDS OF REBELLION 427
23. 14. THE RETING CONSPIRACY 464
24. 15. THE VICTORY CONGRATULATIONS MISSION, 1945-1946 522
25. 16. FURTHER ATTEMPTS AT INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY 560
26. 17. TIBET AFTER THE FALL OF THE KUOMINTANG 611
27. 18. THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY INVADES 638
28. 19. AFTER THE FALL OF CHAMDO 698
29. 20. TIBET CAPITULATES: THE SEVENTEEN-POINT AGREEMENT 737
30. 21. THE DALAI LAMA RETURNS TO LHASA 773
31. CONCLUSION: THE DEMISE OF THE LAMAIST STATE 815
32. POSTSCRIPT 825
33. APPENDIX A. ANGLO-CHINESE CONVENTION OF 1906 827
34. APPENDIX B. ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION OF 1907 829
35. APPENDIX C. THE SIMLA AGREEMENTS OF 1914 832
36. GLOSSARY OF TIBETAN TERMS 843
37. REFERENCES 845
38. CORRECT TIBETAN SPELLINGS 855
39. INDEX 883