Acknowledgments - Note on Transcription - Mongol Reign Periods - Qing Reign Periods – Introduction - 1. The Mongols on the Eve of Conquest - 2. The Mongols and Political Authority - 3. Qing Ornamentalism and the Cult of Chinggis Khan - 4. The Poetics, Rituals and Language of Being Mongol, Buddhist and Qing - 5. The Buddhist Qing and Mongol Localization in the Nineteenth Century – Epilogue - List of Tibetan Spellings - Chinese Character Glossary - List of Abbreviations – Notes – References – Index.