本書回顧和闡明了西藏自治區的發展過程和現狀，具有極高的學術價值。全書分七章，詳盡地介紹了西藏政治、經濟、歷史、自然環境和宗教方面的情況，資料豐富，敘述客觀，觀點新穎。

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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