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Guge
Sign in to saveGuge () was an ancient dynastic kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including south-eastern Zanskar, Kinnaur district, and Spiti Valley, either by conquest or as tributaries. The ruins of the former capital of the Guge kingdom are located at Tsaparang in the Sutlej valley, not far from Mount Kailash and west from Lhasa.
Key facts
- Former country.image_coat
- 古格阴霾.jpg
- Former country.symbol_type
- Ruins of the Guge capital at Tsaparang
- Former country.coa_size
- 290px
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Guge
- Former country.common_name
- Guge
- Former country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former country.capital
- Tsaparang
- Former country.religion
- Tantric Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism, Bon
- Former country.p1
- Era of Fragmentation
- Former country.s1
- Ladakh
- Former country.leader1
- Kyide Nyimagon (first)
- Former country.year_leader1
- –
- Former country.today
- China; India; Nepal
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- Second diffusion of Buddhism
- Successions
- Ladakhi invasions
- Annexation to Central Tibet
- Historiography
- Rulers
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Guge () was an ancient dynastic kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including south-eastern Zanskar, Kinnaur district, and Spiti Valley, either by conquest or as tributaries. The ruins of the former capital of the Guge kingdom are located at Tsaparang in the Sutlej valley, not far from Mount Kailash and west from Lhasa.
==History==