The Social and the Religious in the Making of Tibetan Societies: New Perspectives on Imperial Tibet

This volume contains eight contributions belonging to the field of early Tibetan studies with a strong social anthropological and historical perspective. The thematic focus is related to the social and the religious in the making of Tibetan societies primarily between the 7th and 17th century. This includes studies of the conception of the rulers of early (7th-9th century) Tibet and their burial customs, the socio-political topography, the adoption...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3700190085
• ISBN13: 9783700190080
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 18.18 lbs.