256 the southwest
Other
641: 100 items of valuables.
727: Several 100 valuable vessels.
TextilesCottons
837: cotton fabrics.
942: white cotton fabrics from An-hsi.
Silks
805: silk.
942: Persian brocade.
Garments:
837: court garments.
Jewels942: uncut gems.
It can be seen that the majority of these goods came from Tibet, that
horses were a favourite item of sale, and that the Tibetans were fine
gold and silversmiths. But some of the items reached China in transit,
such as Persian brocade and cotton fabrics from An-hsi.
The Chinese paid with silks, garments, belts, gold, vessels, drugs,
tiger skins, and, beginning with Sung, tea.
In addition to the state founded by Srong- btsan-sgam-po, the Chi-
nese sources mention six^33 other Tibetan principalities which existed
for a while and had relations with China:
(^33) Five are discussed here, the sixth in the chapter on Ch’ing-hai.