Territorial change of Tibetan Empire

“Tibetan Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 623 to 849. Its territory was largest in AD 830 – 839, at ≈ 3.86 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 830 – 839 (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 830: number 77 of 2.

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).

• Tang dynasty — 39 frames
• Kamarupa — 36 frames
• Kashmir — 35 frames
• Turk Shahis — 24 frames
• Karkota dynasty — 24 frames
• Nanzhao — 18 frames
• Abbasid Caliphate — 15 frames
• Uyghur Khaganate — 15 frames
• Tuyuhun — 11 frames
• Kannauj — 8 frames
• Mongol campaigns in Central Asia — 7 frames
• Göktürks — 6 frames
• Türgesh — 6 frames
• Turk — 5 frames
• Umayyad Caliphate — 4 frames
• Pala Empire — 2 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 11 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Tuyuhun · Zhangzhung

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: bod chen po, lit. 'Great Tibet') was centered on the Tibetan Plateau and formed as a result of expansions under the Yarlung dynasty's 33rd king, Songtsen Gampo, in the 7th century.

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

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