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Kingdom of Zhangzhung Xangxung ཞང་ཞུང་ | |||||||||
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| c. 500 BC–625 AD[1] | |||||||||
| Capital | Kyunglung | ||||||||
| Common languages | Zhangzhung language | ||||||||
| Religion | Bön | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 500 BC | ||||||||
• Conquest of Songtsen Gampo | 625 AD[1] | ||||||||
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Zhangzhung (Tibetan: ཞང་ཞུང; Tibetan pinyin: Xangxang; Chinese: 象雄; pronounced Shangshung) was a kingdom in western Tibet before the 7th century. The religion of Zhangzhung was Bon, and the people are sometimes called Bonpo. The Bon religion influenced Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. The Zhangzhung are mentioned frequently in Tibetan texts as the original rulers of central and western Tibet.
We are still trying to learn more about them.
- ↑ Aldenderfer, Mark (2007). "Defining Zhang Zhung ethnicity: an archaeological perspective from far western Tibet". In Amy Heller and Giacomella Orofino (ed.). Discoveries in Western Tibet and the Western Himalayas: Essays on History, Literature, Archaeology and Art. Tibetan Studies, Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003. Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–22. ISBN 978-90-04-15520-6.