Bringing Buddhism to Tibet, History and Narrative in the dba' bzhed Manuscript, ed. by Lewis Doney

Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is a landmark study of the Dba’ bzhed, a textrecounting the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. The narrative ofBuddhism’s arrival in Tibet is known from a number of versions, but the Dba’bzhed—preserved in a single manuscript—is the oldest complete copy.Although the Dba’ bzhed stands at the head of a long tradition of historywriting in the Tibetan language, and has been known for more than twodecades, this book provides a full transcription of the Tibetan for the firsttime, together with a new translation.The book also introduces Tibetan history and the Dba’ bzhed with severalintroductory chapters on various aspects of the text by experienced scholarsin the field of Tibetan philology. These detailed studies provide analysis ofthe text’s narrative context, its position within traditional and currenthistoriography, and the organisation and structure of the text itself and itsantecedents.Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is essential reading for anyone interested inTibetan history and kingship, the nature of Tibetan historical narrative or thetraditions of text transmission and codicology. The book will also be ofgeneral interest to students of Buddhism and the spread of Buddhism acrossAsia.Full text of the Dba'bzhed, a key work for the early history of Buddhism inTibetTibetan text and English translation in facing layout for the first timeExpert analysis and contextualization of the Dba'bzhed and its manuscripttraditions.