Territorial change of Tibet

“Tibet” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1363 to 1952. Its territory was largest in AD 1700 – 1701, at ≈ 1.60 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1700 – 1701 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1422: number 132 of 4.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Bhutan — 74 frames
• Ming dynasty — 52 frames
• Gorkha kingdom — 51 frames
• Nepal — 40 frames
• Kashmir Sultanate — 39 frames
• Qing dynasty — 38 frames
• Mughal Empire — 37 frames
• Moghulistan — 36 frames
• Shan States — 35 frames
• Tumed — 33 frames
• Kingdom of England — 27 frames
• First Toungoo Empire — 25 frames
• Republic of China (1912–1949) — 19 frames
• Dzungar Khanate — 17 frames
• Mongol khanate — 16 frames
• Chagatai Khanate — 15 frames
• Durrani Empire — 13 frames
• Konbaung dynasty — 11 frames
• Kuomintang — 10 frames
• Moghulistan — 9 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 9 by area.

Wikipedia summary

While the Tibetan Plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet's history went unrecorded until the creation of Tibetan script in the 7th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c.

Wikipedia (English) “History of Tibet”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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