Tibet is situated on a high plateau surrounded by mountain passes.  Covering an area in excess of 2.5 million square kilometers, it borders of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma to the south, Eastern Turkistan to the north and China on the east.  Owing to its unique physical features, it occupies the most strategic position in Central Asia.  The present volume History and Geography of Tibet presents in-depth the chequered history and geographical accounts of this mountainous area from the earliest times of the present.