________________
Chapter 07
Ancient Tibet - History and Culture
Nag-chu-kha
Nag-chu
gNam.ru
gNam-mtsho
IHa-ri-mgo
Nag-tshang
3
Central Tibet According to most Tibetan histories, Yar-lung in central Tibet was the original home of the Tibetan people and was the center of the culture for hundreds of years. IHa-sa, just to the north, became the capital in the seventh century. Over the succeeding centuries, numerous towns, estates, and religious centers were established along the gTsang-po river and in the valleys of its tributaries. Many more place-names could be added to this map, which, for lack of space, shows only a few of the famous sites in central Tibet.
shanes
Must
Tshal
can.yassmith
Nag-tshang
Ra-sgreng Yangs-pa-can. sTag-lung.
('Bri-gung . Gya-mhda m Tshur-phu.
• Si-lis .ska-tshal Zam-bu-lung Brag
yer-pa La-mo
Kong po Hasa 9 Zhong-zhong sNye-thang Do-ric o
Tsang, po Chu-shu brag eNam-ring/ Zhis-ka-rtse. Rin-spungs s Min grol.gling. Tse-thang
• IHa-rgya-ri IHartse N gor. Zhwalu Gyal-rtsen Cag-rtse 2. Sa-skya
• Rwa-luge Gri-gu. Shel-dkar Khang-dmar
Gu-ru-lha-khang Ding-ri
1Has-Itag. Ho-brag Nyal Bya-yul .gTing-skyes
Sras-mkhar-dgu-thog
Dwags-lasgam po
0-te
w
sNar-thang
asPamam
B
B
C
LHO-BRUG
BRAS-LJONGS
GAUL
ROME
FINNS
SCYTHIANS
SIBIR
The Era of Gnya'-Khrl-Btsan-Po In the middle of the third century B.C. Central Asian states of Khotan and Kucha were established, and the great Dharma King Asoka ruled India. The period of the Warring States in China was finally ended when the Ch'in dynasty united China, In the west, Seleucus, a general of Alexander the Great, had established an extensive empire, but the Parthian Persians soon became independent. Rome now controlled all of Italy, but was not to expand greatly for another century.
SAKAS PARTHIA OASIS
BACTO. STATES
HSIUNG-NU
SELEUCIDS
TIBETANS
WARRINGS STATES
Yar-lung
MAURYAN LEMPIRES
South China Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
0
311
Ancient Tibet
