Rulers on the Celestial plain
Subtitle: Ecclesiastic and Secular Hegemony in Medieval Tibet ; a Study of Tshal Gung-thang
By: Per K. Sørensen and Guntram Hazod ; in cooperation with Tsering Gyalbo ; Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences of the autonomous region Tibet.
Contributors: Hazod, Guntram.; Ṅag-dbaṅ-bstan-'dzin-'phrin-las, 'Jog-ri, b. 1748.; Tshal-pa Kun-dga'-rdo-rje, 14th cent.; Xizang shehui kexueyuan.
Series: Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie -- Bd. 10; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften -- 361. Bd.; Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 361. Bd.
Publisher: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1011
ISBN-13: 9783700138280
Subjects: Źaṅ Gʾyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʾgrus-gʾyuṅ-druṅ, -- 1123-1193; Guṅ-thaṅ Gtsug-lag-khaṅ (Tibet, China) -- History; Lamas -- China -- Tibet -- Biography; Buddhism and state -- China -- Tibet -- History; Lhasa (China : District) -- History; Shannan Diqu (China) -- History; Tibet (China) -- Kings and rulers -- History
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Ecclesiastic and secular hegemony in medieval Tibet :
Description: A monumental academic study of the monastic complex of Tshal Gung-thang and sKyid-shod, the Lhasa valley, offering an extensive contribution to the historical study of early and late medieval Tibet.

Part One of the book is a translation of a basic text concerning the history of Tshal Gung Thang. Part Two comprises lenthy appendices on various aspects of the history and cultic tradition of Tshal-pa and the Lhasa Valley. It includes the compelling story of the Tibetan Lama Zhang g.Yu-brag-pa, also known as Zhang Tshal pa, or Gung-thang Bla ma Zhang
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [833]-914) and indexes.

Includes facsimiles in Tibetan.