Andonites in Tibet lived in crude stone huts and hillside grottoes, surrounded by forests and streams, abounding in game. [1]
Andite migration to central Asia greatly influenced the ancestors of the Turanians and contributed valuable qualities to the Chinese stocks, with some of the early migrations extending into Tibet. [2] Asoka established Buddhism in Tibet, spreading the religion throughout eastern Asia and making it the dominant faith in half the world. [3] Early Chinese settlements near Tibet were well established in control of eastern Asia. [4]
Tibetans embrace elements of all world religions except the gospel of Jesus: sonship with God, brotherhood with man, and eternal citizenship in the universe. [5] Tibetans made little contact with the Chinese until recent times, despite the yellow race entering China over 300,000 years ago. [6] Migration from Tibet to the Yangtze valley added Andite blood to the river settlements, although not as extensively as in the north. [7]
In Tibet, the shamanic priests and medicine men became wealthy by accumulating fees as offerings to spirits, often possessing most of the tribe's wealth, with half the male population belonging to this nonproducing class. [8]
Religion in Tibet combines Melchizedek teachings with Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Christianity, resulting in an elaborate and diverse ceremonial practice. [9]
See also: UB 61:1.13; UB 64:1.1.