Thundering Falcon

Thundering Falcon is the second of two significant ethno-historical studies of the Yarlung region and neighboring valleys of Central Tibet by the research team of Per K. Sørensen, Guntram Hazod, and Tsering Gyalbo. The first work in the series, Civilization at the Foot of Mount Sham-po (Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2000), focused on the local history of Upper Yar. In this companion study, Thundering Falcon, Sørensen, Hazod, and Gyalbo turn their attention to the Lower Yarlung region, long acknowledged as the cradle of Tibetan civilization. As an entry point into…