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The Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: bod chen po, lit. ' Great Tibet '; Chinese: 吐蕃; pinyin: Tǔbō / Tǔfān) was an empire centered on the Tibetan Plateau, formed as a result of imperial expansion under the Yarlung dynasty heralded by its 33rd king, Songtsen Gampo, in the 7th century.
Tang and Tibetan Empire demarcate their territory at Chiling Mountain with a boundary tablet [50] 737: Tibetan Empire conquers Lesser Bolü [43] Hexi jiedushi Cui Xiyi makes a covenant with the Tibetan general in Koko-nor, Yilishu, to relax border defenses so their soldiers can engage in agriculture and animal husbandry. A white dog is ...
Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). [3] [4] Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848 m (29,000 ft) above sea level. [5] The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century.
Tri Songdetsen was the second of the Three Dharma Kings of Tibet, playing a pivotal role in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and the establishment of the Nyingma or "Ancient" school of Tibetan Buddhism. The empire Tri Songdetsen inherited had declined somewhat from its greatest extent under the first Dharma King, Songtsen Gampo.
A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955-1957. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-5202-7651-2. Goldstein, Melvyn C. The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama (1997) University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21951-1; Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes. Rutgers University Press.
Tibetan folk opera, known as lhamo, is a combination of dances, chants and songs. The repertoire is drawn from Buddhist stories and Tibetan history. [49] Tibetan opera was founded in the fourteenth century by Thang Tong Gyalpo, a lama and a bridge-builder. Gyalpo and seven girls he recruited organized the first performance to raise funds for ...
Tibetan army advances westward to the Pamirs and Oxus River. 797: Muni Tsangpo, Trisong Detsen's son, becomes king. 799–815: Reign of Sadneleg 815–836: Reign of Ralpachen, son of Sadneleg. Great translation of Buddhist texts conducted during this period. 821: Changqing Treaty of Alliance with Tang China, Tibet retains most of Central Asian ...
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