The Dragon in the Land of Snows
Subtitle: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: October 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780140196153
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; History - General History; History: World; Tibet; Asia - China; Asia - Tibet; History / Modern / 20th Century; General
First sentence: On 15 August 1947, India became an independent nation and inherited the political influence and the privileges that Britain had gained in Tibet.