Administration and law in the Tibetan Empire by Dotson, B

“…</p> <p>Taken together, the scattered and fragmentary catalogues that make up the <em>Section on Law and State</em>, many of which ultimately derive from manuals and official records from the imperial period, constitute a rare juridical corpus of the Tibetan Empire. As such, it furnishes important and detailed information about the legal and administrative culture of the Tibetan Empire, and constitutes a fundamental source for Tibetan social history. …”

Dangkhar: The rgyal sa of Spiti by Laurent, Y

“…From its incorporation into the Tibetan Empire in the 7th century until its annexation by British India in 1846, the Spiti Valley occupied a peripheral yet significant geographical position within the Western Himalayas by allowing contacts and cultural exchange between Tibet, Ladakh, and the Indian sub-continent. …”