The House of Tsarong -- A Sojourn in India -- The School Years in Lhasa -- Gyantse, the Estates and the Interregnum Period -- Darjeeling, Lhasa and Calcutta -- A Young State Bureaucrat -- The Great Song and the Ode to the Arrow -- State Rituals and Ceremonies -- The Tragic Regency Period -- A Senior State Bureaucrat -- Under China's Occupation -- In China and India -- Early Years in Exile -- Economic Investments of the Tibetan State in Exile.
Summary:
"This book examines the life of an aristocrat official of the traditional precapitalist Tibetan state. The author analyzes his education, civil service career, and political intrigues as well as the fall of the state and the complex social and psychological aspects of occupation and exile"-- Provided by publisher.
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