Title: Jag pa Gʹyang-skyabs dang sras mo Me-tog-lha-mdzes
Description: Story of a bandit or dacoit Gʹyang-skyabs and princess Me-tog-lha-mdzes, the daughter of Shar-pa Estate. The main character of the novel is Gʹyang-skyabs, and the plot is a love story between him and and the princess Me-tog-lha-mdzes. Gʹyang-skyabs becomes the estate manager of the Shar-pa Estate, a dacoit, businessman, and finally a brave patriotic soldier who fights against the British invasion. The novel includes over thirty different characters, and portrays social conditions and customs of Tibetans during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Subjects: Tibetan Romance fiction, Fiction, History, Foreign relations, Social life and customs
Places: Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Great Britain, China, Tibet Autonomous Region
Time periods: 20th century