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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: History of Tibet
		Tibet is situated between the two ancient civilizations of China and India, but the tangled mountain ranges of the Tibetan Plateau and the towering Himalayas serve to distance it from both.
		The 5th Dalai Lama is known for unifying Tibet under the control of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, after defeating the rival Kagyu and Jonang sects and the secular ruler, the prince of Shang, in a prolonged civil war.
		In the internal affairs of Tibet, the sovereignty of the Central Government of Tibet at Lhasa was most clearly illustrated in the internal war which broke out during the middle of the nineteenth century between the chieftain of Nyarong on the one side and the King of Derge and the Horpa princes on the other.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Tibet (680 words)

	History of Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tibet is situated between the two ancient civilizations of China and India, but the tangled mountain ranges the Tibetan Plateau and the towering Himalayas serve to distance it from both.
		The Sakya hegemony over Tibet continued into the middle of the 14th century, although it was challenged by a revolt of the Drikung Kagyu sect with the assistance of Hulagu Khan of the Ilkhanate in 1285.
		The 5th Dalai Lama is known for unifying Tibet under the control of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, after defeating the rival Kagyu and Jonang sects and the secular ruler, the prince of Shang, in a prolonged civil war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Tibet (7623 words)

	History of Tibet, Map of Tibet, History of Tibet, Map of Tibet
		The Tibetans retaliated by massadring the Manchus in Lhasa.
		The forcible occupation of Tibet was marked by systematic destruction of monasteries, suppression of religion, denial of political freedom, widespread arrests and imprisonment and massacre of innocent men, women and children.
		Tibet's high plains, forests and mountains form a unique ecosystem on the planet and are home to an array of rare wildlife, including the snow leopard, blue sheep and Tibetan wild ass.
	www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz /tibet.html (3786 words)

	History of Tibet
		Meanwhile, Tsongkhapa Losang Dragpa, one of the greatest scholars of Tibet, was born in 1357.
		The sovereignty of Tibet was further shown in her dealings with Nepal in 1856 when a treaty was signed between the two countries without reference to China.
		In the internal affairs of Tibet, the sovereignty of the Central Government of Tibet at Lhasa was most clearly illustrated in the internal war which broke out during the middle of the nineteenth century between the chieftain of Nyarong on the one side and the King of Derge and the Horpa princes on the other.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/History_of_Tibet.html (3079 words)

	Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 led to the overthrow of the Sa-skya in Tibet.
		In 1841 Tibet was invaded by the army of General Zorawar Singh from the Indian Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir.
		Tibet is the traditional center of Tibetan Buddhism, a distinctive form of Vajrayana, which is also related to the Shingon Buddhist tradition in Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tibet (5862 words)

	History of TIBET
		The story of Tibet moves in the 7th century AD from colourful legend into the realm of history.
		In the 7th and 8th centuries, under Srong-btsan sgam-po and his successors, Tibet is a unified kingdom exercising power over an area well beyond the Tibetan plateau, including important regions on the Silk Road such as Kashgar and Khotan.
		By the middle of the century the abbot of a Buddhist monastery is ruling in Tibet as the viceroy of the Mongol khan.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa71 (1416 words)

	u.s. tibet committee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From Ngari Korsum in Western Tibet to Sokla Kyao, the region is known as U-Tsang; from Sokla Kyao to the upper bend of the Machu (Yellow River) it is known as Dotod or Kham, and from the bend of Machu to Chorten Karpo, it is called Domed or Amdo.
		From the Chinese perspective, it was to avoid military confrontation with the Tibetans and the marriage stood as a guarantee for Tibetans from invading China.
		Tibet was not a party to this agreement and Tibet refused to accept it.
	www.ustibet.org /facts/history.html (842 words)

	International Campaign for Tibet: Tibet: History, Politics and Legal Situation: History of Tibet before the Chinese ...
		To claim that Tibet became a part of China because both countries were independently subjected to varying degrees of Mongol control, as the PRC does, is absurd.
		Tibet broke away from the Yuan emperor before China regained its independence from the Mongols with the establishment of the native Ming dynasty.
		Tibet remained neutral during the Second World War, despite strong pressure from China and its allies, Britain and the U.S.A. The Tibetan government maintained independent international relations with all neighboring countries, most of whom had diplomatic representatives in Lhasa.
	www.savetibet.org /tibet/history/beforechinese.php (1501 words)

	History of Tibet
		Little is known of the ancient history of Tibet, the first dynasty having been founded by the Indian prince Rupati; but the historical period begins at the end of the sixth century A.D., when the first king, Luntsang, made inroads to India.
		During the eleventh century the priests of the Sakya Monastery began to be predominant in Tibet; they were called Hung Kiao, Red Church, on account of the colour of their garments and of their headgear.
		Marco Polo and Rubruk mention Tibet but did not visit it; the first European traveller who appears to have visited Lhasa is the Franciscan Odoric of Pordenone in the first half of the fourteenth century.
	www.historyofnations.net /asia/tibet.html (1344 words)

	History of Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The empire of Tibet was at its peak during the reign of King Trisong Detsen (755-97).
		Tibet became a disintegrated country, which broke down into separate, small kingdoms undergoing the “dark period” of Tibet during 842-1247.
		One of the greatest scholars of Tibet, Tsongkhapa Losang Dragpa, began the Gelug lineage in 1409.
	www.trincoll.edu /~nlam/history_of_tibet.htm (572 words)

	Tibet: A Brief History
		Tibet has extended its influence over neighboring countries and peoples and, in other periods, came itself under the influence of powerful foreign rulers, i.e.
		Both Tibet and China came under foreign influence in the 13th century (by the Mongol emperors) and again in the 18th century (by the Manchu emperors).
		From 1911 to 1950, Tibet successfully avoided undue foreign influence and behaved, in every respect, as a fully independent state with its own functioning government, currency, language, religion, and culture.
	www.student.virginia.edu /~sftibet/history.html (540 words)

	Friends of Tibet New Zealand : Free Tibet, Tibetan News, History of Tibet, Map of Tibet
		Until 1950, Tibet was a Sovereign State of three provinces of U Tsang, Amdo and Kham, inhabited by six million people with a distinct language, culture and history dating back thousands of years.
		In 1950 Tibet was invaded by the army of her neighbour, The People's Republic of China.
		China has re-drawn Tibet's boundaries so that which China refers to as the Tibet Autonomous Region, now appears to be less than half its original size and has rewritten Tibet's history book to justify its claim to Tibetan territory.
	www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz (635 words)

	Tibet Justice Center - About Us - History of Tibet Justice Center
		Tibet Justice Center was established in 1989 as the International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet.
		Tibet Justice Center worked two years prior to the conference to ensure Tibetan women's input into the official Platform for Action as well as access for Tibetan women to Beijing to present their issues.
		Published Tibet's Sovereignty and the Tibetan People's Right to Self- Determination, a legal analysis of Tibet's historical sovereignty and the Tibetans' right to "self- determination"; i.e., the right to choose their own political, social, cultural and economic futures.
	www.tibetjustice.org /about/history.html (1318 words)

	Tibet History
		Dzungar Mongols attacked Tibet in 1717, killed Lhabzang Khan, sacked monasteries and deposed of the sixth Dalai Lama.
		Lot drawing process was introduced to avoid dispute in the identification of high lamas and their installation should be approved by the central government in 1793.
		Tibet was thus incorporated as one 13 provinces of China!
	www.tibettrip.com /facts/history.htm (852 words)

	Tibet Travel Information, Tibet Tour, Low Price, Travel to Tibet, 24/7 Toll Free, Tips, Travel Permit, Tibet Trip, ...
		Tibet (Xizang), the Roof of the World, remained unknown to the world until the beginning of the 20th century.
		The Himalayas to the south, the Karakoram to the west, and the Kunlun to the north are the dream lands of all adventurers and mountaineers.
		Western Tibet, Ngari, is a vast barren plateau and renowned as the Roof of Tibet.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/tibet (1363 words)

	History of Tibet
		During this time Tibet was a strong kingdom but by the 10th century, things began to fall apart with Tibet separating into several principalities.
		Improvements were made to communications in Tibet, as well as improving transportation - military highways and airfields were built in a number of areas in the region.
		Tibet formally became an autonomous region of China in 1965 and was reorganized to become a socialist region.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/tibet/pro-history.htm (843 words)

	Tibetan History
		Tibet had a population of 10 million with 3 million Tibetans (all estimates) and an army of comparable strength facing the two Tang army of Southern Xinkiang (24,000 soldiers) and Silk-road (75,000 soldiers).
		Tibet wanted the four Tang garrisons at the Southern Xinkiang (which guarded the silk-road from Tang through Xinkiang and Central Asia), and Tang wanted the re-establishment of Tu-Yu Huen as the power in Qinghai (most Tu-Yu Huen moved back to the valleys at the source of Yellow river and were called `Atsai' in Tibetan).
		The regent of Tibet Radreng requested the government of R.O.C. to exempt the 14th Dalai Lama from the lottery system which was granted by a special decree.
	omni.cc.purdue.edu /~wtv/tibet/history.html (11546 words)

	Brief History of Tibet
		It was during his time that Samye, the first monastery in Tibet, was founded by Guru Padmasambhava, who also established the supremacy of Buddhism and converted the indigenous deities into guardians of the Dharma.
		The Tibetans retaliated by massacring the Manchus in Lhasa.
		Tibet offered help to Sikkim and a treaty was concluded between Nepal and Sikkim in the presence of two Tibetan representatives.
	www.unm.edu /~prabden/history.html (3217 words)

	Tibet: a history rewritten : International : Home
		The museum, constructed in 1999, divides Tibetan history into two periods: that preceding the 7th century AD and that stretching from the 7th century AD to the present.
		The various documents backing the assertion that "Tibet is an inseparable part of Chinese territory" are housed in the archives of the Tibetan local government.
		Keeping in mind the Chinese government’s attempt to incorporate Goguryeo history into Chinese history, the lions guarding the Potala Palace as well as the existence of the museum, the archives, and the research center give a hint of the Chinese blueprints for this land.
	english.hani.co.kr /arti/english_edition/e_international/161188.html (689 words)

	Tibet History at Tibet Train Travel
		However, the recorded history started from the 7th century, when Songtsan Gampo, the 33rd Tibetan king, united his kingdom and sent his commissioner Sambhota to India to study Sanskrit, who on his return invented the present Tibetan script based on Sanskrit.
		In 1247 Sakya Pandita, the chief of the Sakya Buddhist sect in Tibet, and his nephew Phagpa, conferred with the Mongol Prince Godan, grandson of Genghis khan, at Liangzhou (in present Gansu province) on issues concerning Tibet giving its allegiance to the Mongol Khanate.
		Tibet became an administrative region under the direct jurisdiction of the central government of China.
	www.tibettraintravel.com /TibetHistory.htm (619 words)

	A Brief History of Tibet
		Tibet's political and spiritual leader, fled Tibet in 1959.
		Tibet is the source of five of Asia's greatest rivers which provide for 2 billion people.
		Modern Tibet resembles a military state because of the thousands of police and troops stationed in and around urban centers.
	www.geneseo.edu /~sft/tibethistory.html (782 words)

	History of Tibet, Tibet Tourism, Tours in Tibet
		By far the largest natural region is the Northern Plateau, or Chang Tang, which covers about half of Tibet's total surface area and is delineated in the west by the great Karakoram range, in the north by the wall of the Astin Tagh, and in the northeast by the Nan Shan range.
		The second main geographical region of Tibet, the outer plateau is a relatively narrow strip, with the Himalayas forming the southern boundary.
		The other main geographical region is the southeastern plateau, comprising only one-tenth of the total area of Tibet and forests are very much a characteristic of this region.
	www.tibettours.com /geography.html (301 words)

	Short Tibet History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tibetan History begins with the incursions of Tibetan K'iang in Central China when Buddha was living in India, Confucius and Lao-tseu in China (5th century B.C.).
		The History of Tibet can be divided in two parts = the first one with the establishment and the end of the Tibetan Kingdoms, the second with the establishment and the end of the Dalai-Lama Theocracy.
		The first European travellers to visit Tibet were very impressed by the country and its inhabitants.
	perso.orange.fr /tibetmap/confbr.html (307 words)

	Oral History Archive
		Our understanding of the social and political history of Tibet during the second half of the Twentieth Century has been distorted by politically driven polemics and a lack of firsthand data based on fieldwork with Tibetans in Tibet.
		The Tibet Oral History and Archive Project (TOHAP) is part of the research and education program of The Center for Research on Tibet (CROT) in the Department of Anthropology.
		The Tibet Oral History and Archive Project is a continuation of a series of fieldwork-based studies that have examined the adaptation of Tibetans to high altitude, and the changes that have occurred Tibet 's incorporation into the People's Republic of China in 1951.
	www.cwru.edu /affil/tibet/moreTibetInfo/oral_history.htm (738 words)

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