CONTENTS
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA,
TIBET AND INDIA FROM EARLY TIMES UP TO THE END
OF THE YEAR 1918PART I RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND TIBET UP TO THE TIME
OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO LHASA IN 1904- Early relations between China and Tibet—Manchu suzerainty over Tibet—Invasion of Tibet by the Dzungarian Mongols, their expulsion by the armies of the Manchu Emperor, and the resulting settlement of Tibetan affairs early in the eighteenth century—List of the Native States of Eastern Tibet—Invasion of Tibet by the Nepalese, their expulsion in turn by the troops of the Manchu Emperor, and further settlement of Tibetan affairs and consolidation of Manchu power in Tibet at the end of the eighteenth century—Decline of Chinese power in Tibet on the death of the Manchu Emperor Ch'ien Lung—Disturbances in Eastern Tibet and pacification and annexation of Nyarong by the Lhasa Government in 1865—Death of the Dalai Lama and accession of the present Pontiff in 1875—Conclusion of the Sikkim Convention in 1890 between China and Great Britain on the subject of Tibet—Further disturbances in Nyarong in 1894, its pacification by Chinese troops, and restoration to Tibetan control in 1898—Chinese intervention in De-ge—The political status of Tibet and adjacent territories at the beginning of the twentieth century
i PART II THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO LHASA, THE TREATIES OF 1904
AND 1906 AND THEIR RESULTS, AND THE WANDERINGS OF
HIS HOLINESS THE THIRTEENTH DALAI LAMA- Failure of the Tibetan Government to carry out the provisions of the Sikkim Convention and apparent inability of the Chinese Government to induce them to do so–British Mission sent to Lhasa in 1904 to open direct relations between India and Tibet–Conclusion of Anglo-Tibetan Convention of 1904 and withdrawal of British Mission from Lhasa—Negotiation of Adhesion Agreement between Great Britain and China in 1906—Conclusion of Anglo-Russian Agreement about Tibet in 1907—China re-establishes her position in Tibet during the years 1907 to 1910, and reasserts her claim to be the sole medium of communication between India and Tibet—Wanderings of the Dalai Lama—Flight from Lhasa to Mongolia on arrival of British Mission in 1904—Visit to, and reception at, Peking in 1908—Grant of Chinese titles and honours by Imperial Decree—Return to Tibetand flight from Lhasa to India on arrival of Chinese troops in 1910 — Deposition and deprivation of Chinese titles and honours by Imperial Decree—Return to Lhasa on withdrawal of Chinese troops in 1913—Restoration of Chinese titles and honours by Presidential Mandate
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