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Tibet; Snow Lion Flag: Use: National flag: Proportion: 5:8: Adopted: 1916; 109 years ago (): Design: Two snow lions beneath a flaming blue, white and orange jewel and holding a blue and orange taijitu on a white mountain with a gold sun rising over it, all over 12 red and blue alternating rays with a gold border around the upper, lower, and hoist side of the flag.
In ancient Tibet, the use of coins was insignificant.Tibet's main neighbours, India, Nepal and China had had their own coinage since time immemorial. Ancient Tibet however had no locally-struck coinage, although a certain number of coins from Nepal, Chinese Turkestan and China had reached Tibet by way of trade, or as donations to important monasteries.
From 1909 until 1959, a single snow lion or a pair of them was used as the national emblem of Tibet on coins, postage stamps, banknotes and the national flag of Tibet. The version shown on right with two Snow Lions was introduced by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1912 based on old military banners, and is still used by the Government of Tibet in Exile ...
National flag: Flag of India [9] 15 August 1947 (Dominion of India) [2] 26 January 1950 (Republic of India) [18] The Indian flag is a horizontal rectangular tricolour with equally sized deep saffron at the top, white in the middle and India green at the bottom with the Dharma chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre.
National flag: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 22 July 1947; 77 years ago () Design: A horizontal triband of India saffron, white, and India green; charged with a navy blue Ashoka Chakra with 24 spokes in the centre. Designed by: Badruddin Tyabji [N 1] Red Ensign: Use: Civil ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Design: A red ensign with the Indian Flag in the ...
In 1947, Tibet sent a delegation to the Asian Relations Conference in New Delhi, India, where it represented itself as an independent nation, and India recognised it as an independent nation from 1947 to 1954. [64] This may have been the first appearance of the Tibetan national flag at a public gathering. [65]
Sino-Tibetan relations during the period between 618 and 842 were characterized by almost constant conflict and periodic attempts at peace-making. [2] It is recorded in Tibetan tradition that after Songtsen Gampo died in 650, the Chinese Tang dynasty attacked and captured Lhasa, [3] [4] however there is no record of it from Chinese sources.
File:Flag of the National Democratic Party of Tibet, from- DSC 8767 (15583089122) (cropped).jpg