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Scholars like Buton Rinchen Drub (Bu-ston) have suggested that Tibetans are descendants of Rupati, a Kaurava military general from the historical Kurukshetra War. [3] Other scholars point to the spread of Buddhism to Tibet from India through the efforts of Tibetan kings, Songtsen Gampo and Trisong-Detsen as the first significant contact. [4]
Tibet (/ t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 藏区; pinyin: Zàngqū), or Greater Tibet, [1] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 470,000 sq mi (1,200,000 km 2). [2] It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.
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"Free Tibet" LED Banner at Bird's Nest, Beijing, 19 August 2008. Pro-Tibetan protesters come into contact with pro-Chinese protesters in San Francisco. Organisations which support the Tibetan independence movement include: Tibetan Youth Congress – Located at Dharamsala, the seat of the Government of Tibet in Exile in India, claims 30,000 ...
The more established Tibetans in diaspora reject Tibetans from Tibet who recently defected Tibet, and who watch Chinese movies, sing Chinese music, and can speak Mandarin, are also well settled in the Tibetan community. [citation needed] The Dalai Lama encourages to learn multiple languages and can speak many languages himself. [14]
Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation by the People's Republic of China in 1951.
Tibet conquered large sections of northern India during this time. In 755, Tride Tsuktsen was killed by the ministers Lang and ‘Bal. Then Takdra Lukong ( Stag-sgra Klu-khong ) presented evidence to prince Song Detsen ( Srong-lde-brtsan ) that they were disloyal and causing dissension in the country, and were about to attack him also.
Offices of Tibet are official agencies of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, India. They are present in 13 countries, based in New Delhi , Kathmandu , Geneva , Washington, D.C. , Tokyo , London , Paris , Moscow , Brussels , Canberra , Pretoria , Taipei and Budapest . [ 1 ]