本书回顾和阐明了西藏自治区的发展过程和现状，具有极高的学术价值。全书分七章，详尽地介绍了西藏政治、经济、历史、自然环境和宗教方面的情况，资料丰富，叙述客观，观点新颖。

PREFACE Deng Fuquan and Yang Zaizhong

CHAPTER ONE ANCIENT SOCIETY OF TIBET

 Section One Origin of the Tibetan People and the Development of:Tibet by Ancient Tibetans

1. The Rising of the Tibetan Land-Mass and the Formation of Its Natural Environment

2. Origin of the Tibetan Ethnic Group and the Distribution of Its PopUlation

3. The Development of Tibet by Ancestors of Various Ethnic Groups

 Section Two Tibet Before the Establishment of, the Tubo Regime

1. The Blending of the Qiang and Tibetan Tribes at the Turn of the Qin to Han Dynasties

2. Tibetan Tribes in the Period of the Wei, the Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties

3. The Rise of the Pugyal Tribe in the Yarlung Valley

4. The Rise and Fall of the Bon Religion, the Primitive Religion of Tibet

CHAPTER TWO THE TUBO DYNASTY OF THE TIBETAN SLAVE-OWNING SYSTEM

CHAPTER THREE THE MERGING OF TIBET INTO CHINA IN THE YUAN DYNASTY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FEUDAL SERF SYSTEM

CHAPTER FOUR THE TIBETAN AREAS IN THE MING AND EARLY QING DYNASTIES

CHAPTER FIVE TIBETAN PEOPLE STAND AGAINST WESTERN POWERS' INVASION

CHAPTER SIX TIBET UNDER SEMI-COLONIAL STATUS IN THE PERIOD OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA

CHAPTER SEVEN PEACEFUL LIBERATION AND BIRTH OF NEW TIBET

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