Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-200) and index.
The emerging split between the Dalai Lama and the Jebtsundamba: a confrontation between the universal and the local church / Yumiko Isihihama -- The exile and diplomacy of the 13th Dalai Lama (1904-1912): Tibet's encounters with the United States and Japan / Ryosuke Kobayashi -- Reigniting communication in the Tibetan Buddhist world: the Kalmyk pilgrimages in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Takehiko Inoue -- Parting with the Qing emperor and taking a new title / The coronation of the Jebtsundamba modeled on the Dalai Lama's enthronement / The Lungshar delegation and Britain in 1913: focusing on the letters of the 13th Dalai Lama / A re-examinaton of the Mongol-Tibetan Treaty of 1913: its contemporary significance / Makoto Tachibana -- Tibetans in Mongolia: Mongol-Tibetan relations in the early twentieth century / Between Mongolia and Tibet: Qinghai (Kökenuur) Mongols in the early twentieth century / Makoto Tachibana