1. Tibet History, History Of Tibet, China Get to know the history of Tibet by a timeline showing the major events in Tibetan history. http://www.tibettravelplanner.com/tibet_history.htm

Home Tibet Facts Tibet Impression Explore Tibet Explore Tibet's Regions Explore Tibet's Attractions Maps of Tibet How to Get to Tibet ... Customs and Taboos Tibet Tours Tibet Travel Planner Tibet Tours Lhasa Tours Adventure Tours Tibet Lifestyle Tibet People Tibet Festivals Tibet History Tibet News Travel News You are here: Home Tibet History Tibet History - Summary and Timeline China is a unified country with 56 nationalities. As a major member of this big family, the Tibetans are found in large numbers throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region, most parts of Qinghai Province, southern Gansu Province, northwest Sichuan Province and northwest Yunnan Province. The Audience, painted by Yan Liben of the Tang Dynasty, illustrated the historical fact that Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong gave an audience to Gar Tongsen The 10th Bainqen Erdeni presents a hada (auspicous silk scarf) to Chairman Mao This 1,000-year-long written history between the Tibetans and various other nationalities in the big Chinese family is an inalterable fact. Sketch of the Tibetan Areas During the Qing Dynasty Marco Polo, an Italian who came to China and visited Emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th century, described Tibet as"the Province of Tibet" in his travelogue. References to Tibet as a province can be found in the editions of The Travelogue of Marco Polo by the Macmillan Company in 1927 and also by the John Company of New York in 1948. Obviously, Marco Polo stated in explicit term some 700 years ago that Tibet was a province of China. In the 18th volume of The Encyclopedia Britannica for 1973 and 1974, Webster's Atlas published in the United States in 1978, and The International Atlas published in the 1960s, maps are marked with China in larger letters and Tibet in smaller letters. This is also the case with maps published by various other countries. All these show that these publications recognize Tibet as a part of China.

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Home China Tours City Tours Yangtze Cruise ... Travel BLOG Tibet Guide Tibet Tours Tibet Attractions Tibet Weather Tibet Transportation ... Tibet Arts Email us: contact@visitourchina.com Tel: Fax: Your Position: Home China Guide China City Guide Tibet Guide Tibet History Tibet History The History of Tibet can be divided into four periods: The Tsanpo's Period This period starts from the reign of Nyatri Tsanpo, the first of the Tsanpos, in 127 B.C and ends in 842 A.D. at the death of Lang Dharma, the last of the Tsanpos. A Buddhist monk owing to Lang Dharma’s brutal persecution of Buddhism assassinated Lang Dharma. During Tsanpo period, some 42 Tsanpos ruled over Tibet and reach to its peak during the empire of Songtsan Gampo's rule. Songtsan Gampo was an outstanding ruler who unified Tibet and changed his capital to Lhasa. He also sent his minister Sambhota to India to study Sanskrit and promulgate a script for the Tibetan on his arrival to Tibet. Songtsan Gampo married Princess Wencheng of the tang Court of China and Pricess Bhrikuti Debi of Nepal and constructed the famous Potala Palace and Jokhang temple. The Period of Decentralization This period started in 842 A.D. the year of Lang Dharma's assassination, and end in about 1260 A.D. It ended when Pagpa, the Abbot of Sakya monastery, became a vassal of Kublai Khan, the first Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. No elaborated details are available in the history about this period except that Tibet became decentralized into a number of petty principalities during this period.

3. History Of Tibet - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Tibetan history, as it has been recorded, is particularly focused on the history of Buddhism in Tibet. This is partly due to the pivotal role this religion has played in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tibet

History of Tibet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search for a chronology of Tibetan history see Timeline of Tibetan history Tibetian warrior in chainmail enforced by mirror plate Tibetan history , as it has been recorded, is particularly focused on the history of Buddhism in Tibet . This is partly due to the pivotal role this religion has played in the development of Tibetan, Mongol , and Manchu cultures, and partly because almost all native historians of the country were Buddhist monks. Contents Tibet Prehistory Archaeological record Mythological origins ... edit Tibet Main article: Tibet Tibet is situated between the ancient civilizations of China and Nepal , separated from the former by the mountain ranges to the east of the Tibetan Plateau and from the latter by the towering Himalayas . Tibet is nicknamed "the roof of the world" or "the land of snows". The Tibetan language and its dialects are classified as members of the Tibeto-Burman language family. edit Prehistory Humans inhabited the Tibetan Plateau at least twenty one thousand years ago. This population was largely replaced around 3,000 BP by

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Find Keywords Home Join Friends of Tibet About Friends of Tibet (NZ) Merchandise ... Contact Us About Tibet BRIEF HISTORY OF TIBET Map of Tibet showing Historial and Contemporary Boundaries A brief account of Tibet, its origin, how it grew into a great military power and carved for itself a huge empire in Central Asia, then how it renounced the use of arms to practise the teachings of the Buddha and the tragic conseguences that it suffers today as a result of the brutal onslaught of the Communist Chinese forces is given in the following passages. Five hundred years before Buddha Sakyamuni came into this world i.e., circa 1063 B.C., a semi-legendary figure known as Lord Shenrab Miwo reformed the primitive animism of the Shen race and founded the Tibetan Bon religion. According to Bonpo sources there were eighteen Shangshung Kings who ruled Tibet before King Nyatri Tsenpo. Tiwor Sergyi Jhagruchen was the first Shangshung King. Shangshung, before its decline, was the name of an empire which comprised the whole of Tibet. The empire known as Shangshung Go-Phug-Bar-sum consisted of Kham and Amdo forming the Go or Goor, U and Tsang forming the Bar or Middle, and Guge Stod-Ngari Korsum forming the Phug or Interior. As the Shangshung empire declined, a kingdom known as Bod, the present name of Tibet, came into existence at Yarlung and Chongyas valleys at the time of King Nyatri Tsenpo, who started the heroic age of the Chogyals (Religious Kings). Bod grew until the whole of Tibet was reunited under King Songtsen Gampo, when tha last Shangshung King, Ligmigya, was killed.

6. A Brief History Of Tibet The History of Tibet * The nation of Tibet was invaded by Chinese Communist forces in 1949. Since that time, over 1.2 million Tibetans have died as a direct result of the http://www.geneseo.edu/~sft/tibethistory.html

The History of Tibet * The nation of Tibet was invaded by Chinese Communist forces in 1949. Since that time, over 1.2 million Tibetans have died as a direct result of the occupation, over 6,000 monasteries have been destroyed, and thousands of Tibetans have been imprisoned and tortured for their political or religious beliefs. * The Dalai Lama Tibet's political and spiritual leader, fled Tibet in 1959. He escaped to India and established the Tibetan Government in Exile in Dharamsala. It is estimated that 130,000 Tibetan refugees live in exile around the world, including about 3,000 in the United States and Canada. In this world of violence, the Tibetans, many of whom as Buddhists are devoted to principles of non-violence and compassion, continue in their predominantly non-violent struggle for freedom. * Tibet was independent. While the Chinese government claims that Tibet has always been part of China, there is much historical evidence to support otherwise. Tibetans have a distinct culture, religion, and political system. As an independent state, Tibet has a sovereign government, currency, postal system, language, laws, and customs. Prior to 1951, the Tibetan government had also signed treaties with foreign nations including Britain, Mongolia, and Nepal. * The T.A.R. is not Tibet.

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Online Order About Us Mail BBS Homepage Lhasa Tibet History Museum T he Tibet Museum is located at the southeast corner of the Norbulingka Road in Lhasa. It is the first large-sized comprehensive modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region; it is a brilliant literary and arts palace of the Tibetan people, a gem of Tibetan civilization and a treasure house of Tibetan cultural relics. It was open to the public on October 5,1999. The site of the museum covers an area of 53,959 square meters, with a total construction area of 23,508 square meters. The area for exhibition department covers 10,451 square meters, consisting of three sections: a main exhibition hall, a folk cultural garden and an administrative quarter. The building is magnificent, and combined Tibetan traditional architecture with modern technology. Its characteristics are unique. Together with its neighboring Norbulingka Park, it has become one of the most beautiful places in the ancient city of Lhasa. Before the Tibet Museum was built, numerous cultural relics in the Autonomous Region were kept in shabby storehouses of the departments in charge of historical relics, others were scattered among and kept by the common people. Because of the limitations of exhibition, those relics were seldom put on display for the public, and there were fewer opportunities to introduce them through publication. As a matter of fact, the rich cultural connotations of these historical relics were not utilized. At the present, under the new conditions of reform and opening up to the outside world, to build in Tibet a large-scale museum with rich content is to inherit and develop our predecessors' career. It has become a center for the broad masses of people to understand the Tibetan history and culture. It has also become a new place of interest in Lhasa, the capital city of the Autonomous Region.

9. Tibet - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north of the Himalayas. It is home to the indigenous Tibetan people, and to some other ethnic groups such as Monpas and Lhobas, and is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet

Tibet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision accepted on 16 November 2010 Jump to: navigation search This article contains Tibetan script Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tibetan characters. This article is about ethno-cultural Tibet. For the administrative region of the People's Republic of China, see Tibet Autonomous Region . For other uses, see Tibet (disambiguation) This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters Tibet Tibetan Wylie bod [pʰø̀ʔ] Chinese pinyin Xīzàng ) is a plateau region in Asia , north of the Himalayas . It is home to the indigenous Tibetan people , and to some other ethnic groups such as Monpas and Lhobas , and is inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people . Tibet is the highest region on earth, with an average elevation roof of the world During Tibet's history , starting from the 7th century, it has existed as a unified empire and as a region of separate self-governing territories, vassal states, and Chinese provinces. In the interregnums, various sects of

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Home RSS Wiki Tibet Just another WordPress weblog Hey there! Thanks for dropping by Wiki Tibet! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed to stay updated. See you around! General In Chinese In English Latest Tibet News ... Tibet History Category: Tibet History Early History Filed Under: Tibet History Leave a comment May 30, 2008 Evidence of human habitation dating between 12,000 and 11,000 years ago has been found in NW Tibet, and in S Tibet the Yarlung Zangbo valley was, over the centuries, the focus of ancient trade routes from India, China, and Central Asia. Tibet emerged from an obscure history to flourish in the 7th cent. A.D. Comment Tibet and China Filed Under: Tibet History Leave a comment May 21, 2008 Comment Foreign Contacts Filed Under: Tibet History Leave a comment May 20, 2008 invasion of 1788 and the subsequent Gurkha war (1792) with Tibet brought an abrupt end to the rapprochement. Jesuits and Capuchins had visited Tibet in the 17th and 18th cent., but throughout the 19th cent. Tibet maintained its traditional seclusion. Meanwhile, During the 18th cent., British authorities in India attempted to establish relations with Lhasa, but the GurkhaLadakh, long part of Tibet, was lost to the rulers of Kashmir, and Sikkim was detached (1890) by Britain. In 1893, Britain succeeded in obtaining a trading post at Yadong, but continued Tibetan interference led to the military expedition (1904) of Sir Francis Younghusband to Lhasa, which enforced the granting of trade posts at Yadong, Gyangz Comment Categories General In Chinese In English Latest Tibet News ... Tibet History Recent Posts

11. Tibet History, Legend, Local Administration, China Tibet travel information about history of Tibet with origin of Tibetans and brief introduction of the area’s development over the past 4,000 years. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/tibet.htm

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12. Occupied Tibet — Friends Of Tibet New Zealand TIBET AN OCCUPIED COUNTRY A Long History of Sovereignty. While China claims that Tibet has always been a part of China, Tibet has a history of at least 1300 years of independence http://www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz/occu.html

Find Keywords Home Join Friends of Tibet About Friends of Tibet (NZ) Merchandise ... Contact Us Occupied Tibet TIBET: AN OCCUPIED COUNTRY A Long History of Sovereignty While China claims that Tibet has always been a part of China, Tibet has a history of at least 1300 years of independence from China. In 821 China and Tibet ended almost 200 years of fighting with a treaty engraved on three stone pillars, one of which still stands in front of the Jokhang cathedral in Lhasa. The Mongol-Tibetan relationship was thus based on mutual respect and dual responsibility. In stark contrast, the Mongol-Chinese relationship was based on military conquest and domination. The Mongols ruled China, while the Tibetans ruled Tibet. The Mongol empire ended in the mid-14th century. In 1639, the Dalai Lama established another CHO-YON relationship, this time with the Manchu Emperor, who in 1644 conquested China and established the Qing Dynasty. By the middle of the 19th century, the Munchu influence in Tibet had waned considerably as the Manchu empire began to disintegrate. In 1842 and 1856 the Manchus were incapable of responding to Tibetan calls for assistance against repeated Nepalese Gorkha invasion. The Tibetans drove back the Gorkhas with no assistance and concluded bilateral treaties. In 1911 the CHO-YON relationship came to its final end with the fall of the Manchu Dynasty. Tibet formally declared its Independence in 1912 and continued to conduct itself as a fully sovereign nation until its invasion by Communist China an 1949.

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Home Tibet Tours Explore Tibet Regional Guide ... Contact You are here: Home Explore Tibet Tibet History Explore Tibet Location and Land History Climate Transportation ... Tibet Facts A Brief History of Tibet Ancient Myth They got married and brought six baby monkeys into the world. They had different hobbies and different dispositions. They looked for food in the forest by themselves. Three years later, their father went to the forest and found out that the number of monkey had expanded to 500 by the way of reproduction. And they had eaten up the fruits in the forest and suffered from food shortage. Again the old monkey went to Mother Buddha for help. Mother Buddha took the seeds of five types of grains from Xumi Mountain and distributed them across the land. Crops sprung up in the vast land without being cultivated. Hence monkeys got sufficient food. After some time, their tails became shortened and they could speak language. Gradually they became humans, the ancestors of the Tibetan people. The story that monkey became human was popular with the Tibetan people and was recorded in the ancient scriptures. You can also find the clues of the story in many wall paintings. Tsetang Town in Tibet was named after the story (Tsetang means in Tibetan language the play place for monkeys). The people in Tsetang will tell you that the cave where the monkey lived is still in the nearby Mt Gangpo Ri. The legendary first piece of farming land planting highland barley is in Sala Village, three kilometers away from the town. Up to today, every year when the sowing season comes, it is customary for people to take some “sacred soil” from the first farming field to pray for harvest and blessings from the ancestors.

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Tibet Private Tours Tibet Join-in-Group-Tours Tibet Tours Tibet Travel Permit ... Contact us Tibet History Legend tells us that Tibetan history starts with a monkey and a Raksasi, a female ogre, when the monkey was sent by Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezi) for the religious training on this high plateau. The Raksasi persuade the monkey to marry her by threatening to kill thousands of people. Having the permission of Avalokiteshvara, they married and had five offspring who are believed to be the ancestors of the Tibetan people. This legend is well known and depicted in ancient books and murals. The Panchen Lama was conferred with the title Panchen Erdeni in 1713 by Qing Dynasty. Dzungar Mongols attacked Tibet in 1717, killing Lhabzang Khan, sacking monasteries and deposing the sixth Dalai Lama. The Qing troops dispatched to Tibet escorted the newly installed Seventh Dalai Lama and drove Dzungar out of Tibet. Internal unrest rose again causing the Emperor to send his imperial troops to quench the turmoil and to put in place a plan to reform the local administration. After a series of reforms, the local administrative authority fell to the Dalai Lama and the imperial representative official in Tibet, who were equal in status. A Lot Drawing Process was introduced to avoid dispute over the identification of high lamas and their installation has been approved by the central government since 1793. In 1904, a British force invaded Lhasa and remained for 50 days. The Thirteenth Dalai Lama fled to Qinghai. In 1911, the Qing Dynasty collapsed and the Republic of China was founded. The Thirteenth Dalai Lama's title, which was withdrawn by the Qing Dynasty in 1910, was restored by the Republic of China in 1912. Later, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama returned to Lhasa. In 1923, a dispute occurred between the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the Ninth Panchen Lama. The Panchen Lama fled to Qinghai and died there in 1937. The Chinese government approved the identification of the reincarnations of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and the Tenth Panchen Lama in 1940 and 1949 respectively.

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Are you planing a Tibet tour? Your dream,our mission, simplely show your idea , you will receive your travel advisor's suggestions and solutions! Come on, just travel with your local Tibetan guides , and enjoy your tibet vacation, you will learn more and never forget this lifetime experience! HomePage Home Page About Tibet / Tibetan Festivals About Tibet Tibet Geography Tibet History Cities of Tibet Tibetan Buddhism During your Tibet tour Avoid the High Altitude Sickness Useful Tibetan Words Tibetan taboos Tibetan Culture ... Advice for taking pictures After your Tibet vacation Tips for guide and driver Share feelings on your Tibet tour Feedback to us Tibet History Tibetan history can be traced thousands of years back. However, the written history only dates back to the 7th century when Songtsan Gampo, the 33rd Tibetan king, sent his minister Sambhota to India to study Sanskrit who on his return invented the present Tibetan script based on Sanskrit. Tibet's history can be diveded into four period: 1. The Tsanpo's Period This period starts from Nyatri Tsanpo, the first of the Tsanpos, in 127 B.C(historians differ in view of the date, but this date is taken from the White Annales, a reliabl book on Tibetan history) and ends in 842 A.D. at the death of Lang Dharma, the last of the Tsanpos, who was assassinated by a buddhist monk owing to Lang Dharma's ruthless persecution of Buddhism. During this period some 42 Tsanpos had ruled over Tibet among which Songtsan Gampo's rule was considered as the zenith. Songtsan Gamoi was an outstandingruler, he unified Tibet, changed his capital to Lhasa, sent Sambhota to India to study Sanskrit and promulaged a script for the Tibetan on the latter's arrival to tbiet, married Princess Wencheng of the tang Court and Pricess Bhrikuti Debi of Nepal, built the Potala and the temple and the temple of Jokhang.

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20. Tibet History 1. Introduction We will separate the history of Tibet into several periods; (A) prehistory (pre-7th century), (B) dynasty, 7th century to 9th century, (C) feudal era, 10th century http://wikibin.org/articles/tibet-history-3.html

Home Contact Us Wikibin - The Recycle Bin of Wikipedia Home ... Donate to Wikibin Tibet history 1. Introduction We will separate the history of Tibet into several periods; (A) pre-history (pre-7th century), (B) dynasty, 7th century to 9th century, (C) feudal era, 10th century to 17th century, (D) reunification and part of Ching Dynasty, 17th century to 1911, (E) part of ROC - Republic of China, autonomy, 1911-1951, (F) part of P.R. China, 1951 to present. Each era offers many fascinating stories. A) Pre-history: What is the origin of Tibetans? We shall examine two aspects of it; the Tibetan story, the known facts from Han history records. (1) Tibetan story: The Kings of Tibet were descendents from the heaven with ropes attaching them to the heaven. Upon their deaths, a heavenly creature would pull the ropes up with their bodies. Therefore, there were no remains of their bodies, and there were no tombs for the first seven Kings of Tibet. The eighth King accidentally cut off the rope during a fight against a rebel. From thereon, the bodies of Kings could not go up to the heaven, and were buried in the southern part of Tibet. The Kings usually were crowned at the age of 13 years with the helps of the uncles on the mother side. It is hard to image that all old Kings passed away at precisely that moments.

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