Foreword . . 1
Preface and Acknowledgements . . 3

Part I
INTRODUCTION 
Introducing the Old Tibetan Annals . . 9
Succession and Marriage and the Tibetan Royal Line . . 25
Historical Geography and the Old Tibetan Annals . . 37
Administration and Administrators in the Old Tibetan Annals . . 46
Class and Rank in the Tibetan Empire . . 59
Linguistic and Orthographic Features of the Old Tibetan Annals . . 74

Part II 
THE OLD TIBETAN ANNALS 
The Old Tibetan Annals, Version I: PT 1288, IOL Tib J 750 . . 79
The Old Tibetan Annals, Version II: OR 8212 (187) . . 126
"Annals Fragments" . . 135

APPENDICES 
Appendix One — Annalistic Entries in Other Documents . . 141
Appendix Two — The Royal Succession . . 143
Appendix Three — The Sack of the Chinese Capital in the Old Tibetan Chronicle and the Zhol Pillar . . 147
Appendix Four — The "Succession of Chief Ministers" in the Old Tibetan Chronicle . . 150
Appendix Five — The Regimes of Khri Srong-lde-btsan, Khri Lde-srong-btsan, 
and Khri Gtsug-lde-btsan Based on their Edicts . . 154

Part III 
IMPERIAL CENTRAL TIBET 
An Annotated Cartographical Survey of its Territorial Divisions and Key Political Sites
1. Introductory Remarks . . 163
2. Principal Provinces . . 166
3. The Ancient Principalities . . 170
4. The Eighteen Shares of Power . . 193
5. The Borders and Centers of the Four Horns . . 197
6. The Districts of the Four Horns . . 200
7. The Place Names of the Annals in Central Tibet . . 212

TABLE AND GLOSSARY 
Table of Royal Residences, Council Sites, Foreign Visits, and "Royal Events" . . 235
Glossary . . 257

BIBLIOGRAPHY 
Abbreviations . . 265
Cited Old Tibetan Documents . . 269
References . . 270

INDICES 
Index of Place Names in the Old Tibetan Annals . . 289
Index of Personal Names in the Old Tibetan Annals . . 296
Photographic Reproductions of the Old Tibetan Annals: PT 1288, IOL Tib J 750, and Or. 8212 (187) . . 301