This period starts from Nyatri
Tsanpo, the first of the Tsanpos, in 127 B.C
(historians differ in view of the date, but this
date is taken from the White Annales, a reliable
book on Tibetan history) and ends in 842 A.D. at
the death of Lang Dharma, the last of the
Tsanpos, who was assassinated by a Buddhist monk
owing to Lang Dharma's ruthless persecution of
Buddhism. During this period some 42 Tsanpos had
ruled over Tibet among which Songtsan Gampo's
rule was considered as the zenith. Songtsan
Gamoi was an outstanding ruler, he unified
Tibet, changed his capital to Lhasa, sent
Sambhota to India to study Sanskrit and promulaged a script for the Tibetan on the
latter's arrival to Tibet, married Princess
Wencheng of the tang Court and Pricess Bhrikuti
Debi of Nepal, built the Potala and the temple
and the temple of Jokhang
2. The period of Decentrailzation
This period began in 842 A.D. the year of Lang
Dharma's assassination, and ended in about 1260
A.D, when Pagpa, the Abbot of Sakya monastery,
became a vassal of Kublai Khan, the first
Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. During this period
a little is known in history except that Tibet
became decentralized into a number of petty
principalities.
3. The period of Sakya, Pagdu, and Karmapa's
Rule
This period began with Sakya's rule over Tibet,
followed first by Pagdu's rule in Lhaoka and
then by Karmara's rule in the Tsang region
(Shigatse). The sakya period was the time whten
tbiet officially became an inseparable part of
China.
This period lasted from 1260 A.D to 1642 A.D
during which political powers centered in the
three regions of Sakya, Pagdu, and tsang
successively ruled over Tibet.
4. The period of the Gandan Podrang's
Administration
This period is the period in which the Dalai
Lama ruled Tibet. It started in 1642 A.D. when
the 5th Dalai Lama overtook the ruling power
from the Tsang ruler. It basically ended in 1951
when Tibet was liberated and came to a complete
end in 1959 when rebellion led by the Dalai Lama
was pacified and the People's Government of the
Tibet, Autonomous Region was set up. |
