Contents

I. The Tibetan Regime Before the Establishment of the politico-Religious Institution and the Rivalries Between Bon and Buddhism in Tibet

1. Bon Religion and Tibetan Society Before the Introduction of Buddhism into Tibet

2. The Economic and Political Situation in Tibet When Buddhism Was Newly Introduced

3. Rivalries Between Buddhism and Bon

4. The Earliest Tibetan Buddhist Monks and the Formation of the Rnying-ma Sect

5.  The Transformation of Some Tibetan Buddhist Monks from Slave Owners into Feudal Landlords owning Monasterial Estates

6. The persecution of Buddhism by Glang-dar-ma

7. Period of chaos in Tufan and interior China

8. The Revival of Buddhism in Tibet

II. The Establishment of the politico-Religious Institution and the Struggle for Political Power Among the Elites of Various Religious Sects

1. The Monopoly of the Sa-skya sect of the Tibetan Local Political Power and the War Between the Sa-skya  Sect and the Bri-gung Bka'-brgyud sect

2. The Phag-gru Sect's control of the Tibetan Local Regime and the Rise of the Dge-lugs Sect

3. Internal Wars Among the Rulers of the phag-gru Regime

4. The War between the Rin-spungs-pa and the Dge-lugs-pa

5. The War Between Sde-srid Gtsang-pa and the Dge-lugs-pa

6. Elimination of the Sde-srid Gtsang-pa Regime by Gu-shri Khan, Establishment of the Original Tibetan Local Government, and Suppression of the Rebellion of the Karma Bka'-brgyud Sect

7. The contradictions Between the Rnying-ma-pa and the Dge-lugs-pa, and How the Upper Strata Elements Used Those Contradictions to Launch Wars for Political Power

8. The Decline of the Politico-Religious System and the Internal Struggle for Power within the Ruling class

9. The Encroachment of Imperialists upon Tibet, and how Reactionary Elements of the Upper Strata in Tibet Betrayed Their country

10. The Launching of Armed rebellion by Reactionary Upper Strata elements Under the Signboard of Religion and Nation, and the Abrogation of the Polity Based on the Merging of Religious and Secular Rule

III. Conclusion

IV. Bibliography

Appendixes

A. The Thirteen-Article Ordinance for the More Efficient Governing of Tibet

B. The Twenty-Nine-Article Ordinance for the More Efficient governing of Tibet

C. The Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet