Episode 2.10 – The Royal Court
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Photo of a Tibetan nomad’s tent, made from black yak hair. Tents like this – though …
Episode 2.9 – The Breaking Point
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. 1993 Photo of the Zhol Pillar, the stele erected by minister Takdra Lukhong which contains a …
Episode 2.8 – Growing Tensions
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Photo of a Tibetan Empire era Buddha statue. The Princess Jincheng brought with her a group …
Episode 2.7 – The Regency of Gar
(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Painting on the Dunhuang caves depicting the forces of Chinese general Zhang Yichao retaking the Four …
Episode 2.6 – Administering an Empire
(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Chinese portrait of Prime Minister Gar Tongtsen, an instrumental figure in the development of early Tibetan …
Episode 2.5 – Songtsen the Wise
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Picture of the upper story of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, purportedly constructed by the Nepalese …
Episode 2.4 – The Princess Brides
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image of the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, one of the two holiest statues of the Buddha in …
Episode 2.3 – Of Warlords and Tsenpos
(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Statue of the first Emperor of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo, flanked by two of his wives who …
Episode 2.2 – The Yarlung Dynasty
(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Depiction of the Yumbulagang Palace, constructed by the first ruler of the Yarlung Dynasty, Nyatri Tsenpo) …
Episode 2.1 – The Land of Snows
In which we begin our look at the Tibetan Empire of the Early Middle Ages. Tibet is a land of …