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 Ruins of the Guge capital at Tsaparang
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Location of Guge and neighbouring polities in the early 1000s.[1] | |||||||||
| Capital | Tsaparang | ||||||||
| Religion | Tantric Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism, Bon | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• c. 910–c. 930 | Kyide Nyimagon (first) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China; India; Nepal | ||||||||
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Guge (Tibetan: གུ་གེ་, Wylie: gu ge; Chinese: 古格) was an ancient dynastic kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including south-eastern Zanskar, upper Kinnaur district, and Spiti Valley, either by conquest or as tributaries. The ruins of the former capital of the Guge kingdom are located at Tsaparang in the Sutlej valley, not far from Mount Kailash and 1,200 miles (1,900 km) west from Lhasa.
- ^ Chandra, Satish (2004). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206–1526) – Part One. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-81-241-1064-5.