Sources for Tibetans 7th to 10th centuary

[Grizz]

Can anybody recommend any good sources on the above army?

I'm looking for organisation, tactics, images - for some idea on how to paint them, etc

Also any battles of their battles / campaigns would be good too

Cheers

[Leondegrande]

Hi.

Have a look here:

"The tibetan empire in central asia" by Christopher I. Beckwith
http://books.google.de/books?id=7G61Uif ... &q&f=false

[jim clarke]

There is an excellent book on Tibetan armour. I think published by the metropolitan museum of art. Not cheap as I recall. If you go into Amazon and do a search for Tibetan armour you should find it.

Jim

[TonyStafford]

I think the book Jim is talking about is called

Warriors of the Himalayas, Rediscovering the arms and armour of Tibet. By Donald J. LaRocca.

ISBN 1-58839-180-9 hardback. 1-58839-181-7 paperback

I got my copy from caliver when he was a couple of hundred yards from where I live. Since he's moved my military book buying has almost gone down to zero.

Tony

[varangian]

The Beckwith book is good if you want some general info on the Tibetan military and conquests, but as for art work it is a no go, there is only one pic, and thats on the front cover, it is of men in armour though, the picture comes from a book called, A Cultural History of Tibet, by D Snellgrove and H Richardson, printed by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1968.

Try this site http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/tibet_collections.html or best to try any old British military manual/book from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, as remember the old saying, if a country's been invaded, the British did it first.

Or as Tony Says..try this linkhttp://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Himalayas-Rediscovering-Armor-Tibet/dp/0300111533