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Name: Purang-Guge Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 931 AD

End: 1072 AD

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Was one of the kingdoms that emerged after the end of the Tibetan Empire, a period known as the Tibetan Era of Fragmentation.

Establishment

  • January 931: Ngari Khorsum splits into three kingdoms under Kyide Nyimagon's sons: Purang-Guge Kingdom controlled by Tashigon, Maryul controlled by Lhachen Dpalgyimgon, Zanskar and Spiti controlled by Detsugon.

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    1. Tibet - Era of Fragmentation

    Was an era of disunity in Tibetan history lasting from the death of the Tibetan Empire's last emperor, Langdarma, in 842 until Drogön Chögyal Phagpa became the Imperial Preceptor of the three provinces of Tibet in 1253, under the Yuan dynasty.

  • January 968: He ruled the merge of the kingdoms of Tashigon and Detsugon, covering the regions of Purang and Guge and Zanskar, Spiti and Lahaul and Upper Kinnaur. He then ruled over the combined Purnag-Guge Kingdom from 967.
  • January 1073: Purang-Guge Kingdom splits into independent Guge and Purang, ruled by the brothers Tsede and Tsensong respectively. Another brother Tsende may have founded the Khasa Kingdom.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 1073: Purang-Guge Kingdom splits into independent Guge and Purang, ruled by the brothers Tsede and Tsensong respectively. Another brother Tsende may have founded the Khasa Kingdom.

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