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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth - II
space makes it difficult to represent accurately the extent of various regions, and also makes it necessary to leave out many important place-names. Tracing the founders and development of these and other districts would be one way to help fill in some of the gaps in the history of the Tibetan tribes. Local chronicles and genealogies might prove useful sources for such a study Records of Ancient Tribes Records from the Han, Sui, and T'ang dynasties
Takla "Makan Desert, Lop . mention numerous tribes living on the Tibetan plateau in the period before the 7th century when Khotan
Shan-shan
MI-NYAG the kings in sPu-de's lineage from the Yar-lung
Koko Nor valley conquered all of the peoples on the plateau. The relationships among tribes named in the Man, Sui, and T'ang annals and IDong Mi-nyag, dMu
YANG-TUNG
SUM-PA
2 TANG-HSIANG Zhang-Zhung, sTong Sum-pa and bSe 'A-zha, are KHAN not yet clear. These four tribes are said to be the
OF Ma-pham
7 WOMEN ancestors of the Tibetan people.
MI-NYAG
:
::
* Nor
Tun, huang
GREATER YANG-TUNG
TO-MI,
PP 'A-ZHA
LESSER
CPDL-che
ZHANG-ZHUNG
SNYS
Nag-cha
Tsang po
from Tibetan records 'A-ZHA from Chinese records PAILAN
NAN-CHAO
eau, the T'u-
LOPL
z
LOPTun-huangshachos
Great Wall
Miran
Jak Route
T'U-YÜ-HUN
The 'A-Zha Kingdom In the northeast corner of the plateau, the T'uyü-hun, Turko-Mongol peoples from northeast Asia, established a kingdom in the 4th century, a time when northern China was also governed by Turko-Mongol dynasties and tribes perhaps related to Tibetans. At their height, the T'u-yü-hun held some kingdoms along the Silk Route and raided Khotan. They were conquered by Tibet in the 7th century. The T'u-yü-hun seem to be the people known as 'A-zha in Tibet.
Liang-chou:
Fu-ssu. capital of
'
T'u-yu-huns
TANG-HSIANG
TIBETAN
PLATEA
Dza-chu
Ancient Tibet
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