Guge was an ancient kingdom in Western Tibet. It encompassed the present-day tracts of Zanskar, Upper Kinnaur, Lahul and Spiti (now controlled by modern day India). The ruins of Guge are located 1200 miles westwards from Lhasa within the Chinese controlled territory of Tibet itself, not too far from Mount Kailash. This article is becoming very long. ... Zanskar is a region in the Kargil district, part of the north-west Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. ... Kinnaur is one of twelve administrative districts of Himachal Pradesh, India. ... The district of Lahul and Spiti in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh consists of the two formerly separate districts of Lahul and Spiti. ... Lhasa prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་; Wylie: lha-sa; Simplified Chinese: 拉萨; Traditional Chinese: 拉薩; pinyin: Lāsà), sometimes spelled Llasa, is the traditional capital of Tibet and the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Mount Kailash (officially: Kangrinboqê; Tibetan: Gang Rinpoche, གངས་རིན་པོཅཧེ་; Wylie: Gangs Rin-po-che; ZWPY: Kangrinboqê; Simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; Traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí FÄ“ng; Hindi कैलाश पर्वत, Kailāśā Parvata) is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains, the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia—the Indus River, the Sutlej...

Guge was founded in the 10th century AD. Its founder was the great-grandson of Lang Dharma, the last king of Tibetan kingdom of Tubo. The rulers of Guge supported Buddhism. Its capitals were located at Tholing and Tsaparang. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... This article is on Historic Tibet. ... Buddhist Flag Buddhism (also known as Buddha Dharma, the teachings of the awakened one) is not a religion, but a way of life, a practical philosophy, and arguably a psychology, focusing on the teachings of Gautama Buddha (Pali: Gotama Buddha), who lived on the Indian subcontinent in or around the...

The first westerner to reach Guge was a Jesuit missionary Antonio del Andrade in 1626. Del Andrade is reported to have seen irrigation canals and rich crops in what is now a dry and desolate land. Father António de Andrade was a Jesuit priest from Portugal. ...

Perhaps as evidence of the kingdom's openness, del Andrade's party was allowed to construct a chapel in Tsaparang and instruct the people about Christianity. Perhaps as a consequence of this, an Islamic army of Ladakhis came from present day Kashmir and conquered Guge castle in 1632; the 700-year-old kingdom was destroyed. The Dalai Lama's army drove out the Ladakhs 50 years later. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Tikse monastery, Ladakh Ladakh is the largest district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, covering more than half the area of the state (of which it is the eastern part). ... For the dispute concerning this region, see History of the Kashmir conflict Shown in green is the region under Pakistani administration. ... This article describes the Dalai Lama lineage. ...

Western archeologists heard about Guge again in the 1930s through the work of Italian Giuseppe Tucci. Tucci's work was mainly about the frescoes of Guge. Giuseppe Tucci (1894 or 1895 - 1984), born in Macerata, Italy was an italian archaeologist, anthropologist, journalist and writer. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ...

Rulers

The following shows some of the known rulers:

• Odsruns (842-905)
• Dpal'Khorbtsan (905-923)
• Skyidsde Nimamgon
• Dpal-gyimgon Inmaryul
• Bkrasismgon
• Lde-btsugmgon
• Sronne Yeses'od (circa 1035)
• Nagaraja
• Devaraja
• Khore
• Lhalde
• Ziba-'od
• Byan-chub'od
• 'Odldebtsanlde
• Bha-le
• Bkrasislde
• Bhare
• Nagalde
• Btsanphyuglde
• Bkrasislde
• Gragslde
• Gragspalde
• Aroglde
• Ashoglde
• Dzidarsmal
• Anantasmal
• Rilusmal
• Sanghasmal
• Dzitharsmal
• Dzismal
• Kalansmal
• Parrtesmal
• Punismal
• Pritismal

External links

• "Unravelling the mysteries of Guge" by Xiong Lei, China Daily, May 8, 2003, retrieved November 24, 2005

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