Tibetans: Map & History
Tibetans are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet.
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Tibetans are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 7.7 million. In addition to the majority living in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Modern Countries Once Part of Tibetans
At its mapped extent, Tibetans covered territory in 1 present-day country. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
States and Provinces
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside Tibetans's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
Tibetans in Depth
Ethnic origins
The ethnic roots of Tibetans can be traced back to a deep Eastern Asian lineage representing the indigenous population of the Tibetan plateau since c. 40,000 to 30,000 years ago, and arriving Neolithic farmers from the Yellow River within the last 10,000 years, and which can be associated with having introduced the Sino-Tibetan languages.
Modern Tibetan populations are genetically most similar to other East Asian populations, Bhutanese, as well as other Sino-Tibetan-speaking populations. They show relatively more genetic affinity for modern Central Asian than modern Siberian populations. They also share some genetic affinity for South Asian groups.
Culture
Tibet is rich in culture. Tibetan festivals such as Losar, Shoton, Linka, and the Bathing Festival are deeply rooted in indigenous religion and also contain foreign influences. Each person takes part in the Bathing Festival three times: at birth, at marriage, and at death.
Tibetan art is deeply religious in nature, from the exquisitely detailed statues found in Gonpas to wooden carvings and the intricate designs of the Thangka paintings. Tibetan art can be found in almost every object and every aspect of daily life.
Thangka paintings, a syncretism of Indian scroll-painting with Nepalese and Kashmiri painting, appeared in Tibet around the 8th century.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Tibetans (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Tibetans: Key Facts
| Religions | Tibetan Buddhism, Bon |
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Facts from Wikidata Q187985 (CC0).
Tibetans Map Over Time
Dated world maps on which Tibetans appears, with the other states of the time.
Tibetans Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 1,865,227 km² in 917 CE.
Tibetans: Frequently Asked Questions
When did Tibetans exist?
Tibetans is dated to 850 CE – 1259 CE, in the Early Middle Ages era.
How large was Tibetans at its peak?
At its peak in 917 AD Tibetans covered about 1,865,227 km².
How did the map of Tibetans change over time?
Tibetans appears on 4 dated world maps in the atlas, from 900 CE to 1200 CE. Each shows its borders in that year next to the other states of the time.
Other Sovereign Realms
High & Late Middle Ages • Capital: Avarga
Early Middle Ages • Capital: Constantinople
High & Late Middle Ages • Capital: Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Early Middle Ages • Capital: Chang'an