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The Old Tibetan documents recovered from the Dunhuang manuscripts of the Mogao Cave and the other sites in Central Asia are well-known historical sources. These important primary materials provide first-hand information on both the social situation during the Old Tibetan Empire period (7th to 9th century) and the ancient culture of Tibet. Among these documents, I have focused especially on divination texts. In addition, I have visited several Cultural Tibetan areas to examine how these documented divinations were transmitted from past to present. Ladakh, one of my field research areas in Western Tibet, features many boulders spread out along the Indus River that exhibit short Old Tibetan inscriptions. In the course of my studies in Ladakh, I came to realize that we urgently need to record these uninvestigated rock inscriptions because the inscribed boulders are currently being destroyed to produce building materials. My research project aimed to demonstrate the historical significance of these rock inscriptions in Western Tibet, which are currently being lost.