Ebook: The Water Horse and Other Years. A History of 17th and 18th Century Tibet

And between the lines of these violent and frightening chapters run the lives of the Dalai Lamas and the Panchen Lamas, constantly providing spiritual solace and strength to the suffering Tibetan masses crushed under ceaseless power struggles between the Tibetan regents, Mongol chiefs, and Manchu emperors. Above all, the Water Horse and Other Years traces the political rise of the Ganden Phodrang as personified in the person and institution of the Dalai Lamas, who have kept Tibet alive throughout the centuries.