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An old photo of Tibet that I saw in a bookshop in my high school days started my interest in Tibetan civilization. After entering University, I became more interested in the early history of Tibet (7-10th century). Research on early Tibet requires not only the study of Chinese manuscripts and Buddhist historical texts, but also the Dunhuang archives. The main primary sources for my research on early Tibet were fragmentary manuscripts discovered in Central Asia; these materials introduced me to the world of manuscript studies, or codicology. On the Hakubi project, using these Central Asian manuscripts, I will analyse the diplomatic relationships between multiple countries in Eastern and Central Asia. I will focus on Tibetan diplomatic policy to reconsider the efficacy of the traditional Chinese theory of world order in the diplomatic context. Furthermore, I will compare the diplomatic status of the 7-10th century to that of the 11-13th centuries.