Title: Rulers on the Celestial plain
Subtitle: Ecclesiastic and Secular Hegemony in Medieval Tibet ; a Study of Tshal Gung-thang
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
Subjects: History, Guṅ-thaṅ Gtsug-lag-khaṅ (Tibet, China), Kings and rulers, Lamas, Buddhism and state, Biography, Guṅ-thaṅ Gtsug-lag-khaṅ (Lhasa, China)
Places: China, Tibet, Lhasa (China : District), Shannan Diqu (China), Tibet (China)
People: Źaṅ Gʾyu-brag-pa Brtson-ʾgrus-gʾyuṅ-druṅ (1123-1193)