Indiana University

Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies

PAPERS ON INNER ASIA

Devin DeWeese and Ron Sela, Editors

Consulting Editors:

Michal Biran, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

David Brophy, University of Sydney

Étienne de la Vaissière, École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Peter B. Golden, emeritus, Rutgers University

Mária Ivanics, University of Szeged

György Kara, Indiana University

Michael Kemper, University of Amsterdam

Leonard van der Kuijp, Harvard University

Timothy May, University of North Georgia

Matthew Mosca, University of Washington

Jürgen Paul, emeritus, Martin-Luther Universitat Halle-Wittenburg

Stacey Van Vleet, University of California Berkeley

NO. 42

(Subseries: Tibetan Studies)