Lhasa in the seventeenth century : : the capital of the Dalai Lamas / / edited by Francoise Pommaret ; translated by Howard Solverson.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; Volume 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Pommaret, Françoise,; Solverson, Howard M.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Julkaisuvuosi: 2002
• Kieli: English; French
• Sarja: Brill's Tibetan studies library ; Volume 3.
• Ulkoasu: 1 online resource.

This is the story of the rise of Lhasa, before 1642 a small town, renowned for its Jokhang temple and its three large 15th century Gelukpa monasteries. The political victory of the Gelukpa changed its destiny and it was the Fifth Dalai Lama who made Lhasa into the centre of the Tibetan world, with a...