12 Facts About Tibetan Empire

1.

Tibetan Empire's undertakings correspond to the subsequent dissolution of the unified empire period, after which semi-autonomous polities of chieftains, minor kings and queens, and those surviving Tibetan Buddhist polities evolved into autonomous independent polities, similar to those polities documented in the Tibetan Empire's nearer frontier region of Do Kham .

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2.

Power that became the Tibetan Empire state originated at the Taktse Castle in the Chingba district of Chonggya .

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3.

Tibetan Empire besieged the Kingdom of Sumpa in the early 7th century and eventually conquered it.

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4.

Tibetan Empire gained control of all the area around what is Lhasa, before his assassination around 618.

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5.

On that occasion, the Tibetan Empire Emperor requested marriage to a Chinese princess but was refused.

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6.

Tibetan Empire then sent an envoy with gifts of gold and silk to the Chinese emperor to ask for a Chinese princess in marriage and, when refused, attacked Songzhou.

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7.

Tibetan Empire then invaded Mywa, which was at least in part Nanzhao but died during the prosecution of that campaign.

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8.

Tibetan Empire was a generous supporter of Buddhism and invited many craftsmen, scholars and translators from neighbouring countries.

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9.

Tibetan Empire promoted the development of written Tibetan and translations, which were greatly aided by the development of a detailed Sanskrit-Tibetan lexicon called the Mahavyutpatti which included standard Tibetan equivalents for thousands of Sanskrit terms.

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10.

Soldiers of the Tibetan Empire wore armor such as lamellar and chainmail, and were proficient in the use of swords and lances.

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11.

Tibetan Empire survived the ordeal with some discomfort in one arm.

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12.

Tibetan Empire's officers were not employed full-time and were only called upon on an ad hoc basis.

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