Preface ix
Introduction xi
Political and Institutional History
FRANZ-KARL EHRHARD
Chos dpal bzang po (1371-1439): The
"Great Teacher" (bla chen) of rDzong dkar and His Biography 1
KARL-HEINZ EVERDING
Gyantse: Rise, Prime and Decline of a Tibetan
Principality in the 14th-16th Centuries 33
MATHIAS FERMER
Putting Yar rgyab on the Map 63
FEDERICA VENTURI
Before and After: A Perspective on the
Fifteenth Century in Tibet 97
Cultural History
VOLKER CAUMANNS
The Collected Works of gSer mdog Pan chen Shakya mchog ldan: The
Formation and
Early Transmission of a 15th-Century Literary Corpus 115
EDWARD HENNING
Vanaratna and the Origins of grub rtsis 161
DAVID JACKSON
The sMin grol gling Lamdre Sculptures
Reconsidered 173
MARTA SERNESI
Towards a History of Early Tibetan Printing: New Evidence and Uncharted Territories 195
PolemicsYAEL BENTOR
Did mKhas grub rje Challenge the Authenticity of the Sa skya Lam 'bras Tradition? 227