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Tibetan History

Although the history of the Tibetan state began in 127 B.C., with the establishment of the Yarlung Dynasty, the country as we know it was first unified in the 7th Century A.D., under King Songtsen Gampo and his successors. Tibet was one of the mightiest powers of Asia for the three centuries that followed, as a pillar inscription at the foot of the Potala Palace in Lhasa and Chinese Tang histories of the period confirm. A formal peace treaty concluded between China and Tibet in 821/823 demarcated the borders between the two countries and ensured that, "Tibetans shall be happy in Tibet and Chinese shall be happy in China."

Mongol Influence

As Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire expanded towards Europe in the West and China in the East in the 13th Century, Tibetan leaders of the powerful Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism forged an agreement with the Mongol rulers in order to avoid the conquest of Tibet. The Tibetan Lama promised political loyalty and religious blessings and teachings in exchange for patronage and protection. The religious relationship became so important that when, decades later, Kublai Khan conquered China and established the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), he invited the Sakya Lama to become the Imperial Preceptor and supreme pontiff of his empire.

The relationship that developed and continued to exist into the 20th Century between the Mongols and Tibetans was a reflection of the close racial, cultural, and especially religious affinity between the two Central Asian peoples. The Mongol Empire was a world empire and, whatever the relationship between its rulers and the Tibetans, the Mongols never integrated the administration of Tibet and China or appended Tibet to China in any manner.

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[figueiredom]

FREE TIBET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[figueiredom]

There is old!

[tsayang]

Free Tibet!!!

[iattm]

well done, thanks

[WeToldYouSo1]

@TruthShallPrevail4 First California, Texas etc. should be freed from the American Imperialists and handed back to Mexico. ;-)

[TruthShallPrevail4]

@WeToldYouSo1 Now it needs to be freed from Communist Chinese.

[WeToldYouSo1]

Dude, Tibet IS freed. From the Dalai Lama and his sickening feudalism. ;-D

[GodBlessTibet]

Dear chinese bro/sis

love Tibet.

Help Tibet.

free Tibet.

OM Shanti Shanti shanti

[dakola1]

Great pictures and very nice music, what's this? Tibetan music?

Peace in Tibet!

[thudor1]

I saw a familiar picture at 2:13-a young, innocent-looking girl about to be executed by a single shot to the back of the head. I saw this same photo in other videos. Can you tell me who she was? How old was she and what was her alleged crime? The world needs to wake up and stop trying to aid and abet this merciless totalitarian regime!!!!Free Tibet (and the other 3 countries swallowed whole by the Giant Dragon)! Oh, by the way, I loved the rendition of the Padmasambhava Mantra.

[MrJimWinter]

free tibet

[faxp9]

TIBET LIBERO!!!