| Publication |
2013.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses chapters from the book "Research on the Dalai Group and Tibetans Overseas" dealing with demographic composition, social and educational institutions.
Since the Tibetan Rebellion in March 1959, the Dalai Lama and his supporters have established the Tibetan Central Administration as the government-in-exile. Located in the Himalayan foothills and surrounded by dense coniferous forests in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala has been the seat of the exiled government and the residenceof the 14th Dalai Lama since May 1960. The 50,000 original Tibetan émigrés have grown to around 120,000, the largest number residing inI ndia as well as in the Himalayan states of Nepal and Bhutan in addition to smaller communities in thirty-eight other countries. This and the following issue are focused on these Tibetans in the Diaspora, including their political organization, economic conditions, military apparatus, demographic composition, and social and educational institutions.
|