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- Title
The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia.
- Authors
Wilkinson, Constance
- Abstract
For a supposedly buddhadharma-spreading country, Imperial Tibet seems to do nothing much except invade, invade, invade, and, mostly, conquer: Year Attacker Attackee 656 Tibet Lesser Bolu & Bailian (control NW silk road trade) 660 Tibet A-zha/T'u-yu-hun (control NE silk road trade route) 662 Tibet & allies T'ang army in NW says it's too tired to fight Tibet, so runs away 663 Tibet & allies Gilgit/Wakhan/Balur (control NW silk road trade route) 663 Tibet invade A-zha/T'u-yu-hun. 687 Tibet re-takes control of the Western regions 689 T'ang attacks Tibet near Kongol and is defeated at Yin-chih-chia River 690 Tibet defeats T'ang army at Issyk-kul (now in Kyrgystan) 691 T'ang raises army to attack Tibetans at Wu-wei. (p. 43) In the summer of 678, a yet another new T'ang expeditionary army is assembled to deal with those pesky Tibetans, and a new T'ang general is named, and he and his army do go somewhere, specifically to Shan chou, where T'ang prevailed in a small skirmish. Meanwhile, expansionist Tibet keeps on expanding when it can, and when it can't, still keeps on trying: Year Action 680 Tibet captures the Anrong Fortress in Sichuan 681 Tibet invades the Qinghai region 685 Another T'ang army is raised to attack Tibet.
- Subjects
CENTRAL Asia; TIBETANS; MARRIAGES of royalty &; nobility; IMPERIALISM; DHARMA in Buddhism; INSCRIPTIONS; TANG dynasty, China, 618-907
- Publication
Comparative Civilizations Review, 2021, Issue 84, p121
- ISSN
0733-4540
- Publication type
Article