Thanks for watching! Feel free to ask questions about the time period covered in the episode (there's a wealth of history that we can't include in this format and we'd love to share). Also remember to check below in the pinned comment for potential corrections. Corrections: Regarding flags - at two points in the episode we use vertical five-colored flags, which are called Darchog (dar lcog) in Tibetan. This was an oversight. They are an iconic feature of Tibetan Buddhism that you'll find throughout the Himalayas; but, to my knowledge, these types of prayer flags were not used during the imperial period, during which a variety of longer war banners, called Magdar (dmag dar) featuring the heraldry of the imperial state would have been used.
History of Tibet is much older, as proposed by the late retired Italian university professor Namkhai Norbu & now universally accepted by Tibetologists. You can get his three volumes he published before passing away, A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, light of kailash Volumes one, two & three. Can get some in ebook format too. He was urged by dalai Lama to write more, gave him a golden pen. He was also a Tibetan Buddhist master with many students (including me) & setup several charities in Tibet which are still active, established centers globally (tenerif, Europe, Americas, Asia), publishing houses etc. He proved roots of Tibetan culture & civilization are much older & trace to western Tibet. If you want your work to stand the test of time, I suggest reading these 3 volumes first. Good luck, worthy project. I was there when he gave the first volume presentation at my old college, university of London (SOAS), several noted historians were ecstatic.
This is one of my biggest dreams since I was a kid to make an animation on the Tibetan empire and that dream remained dream but fortunately being able to see it from someone else has invoked something within me. Great work, appreciate every little detail and time you put into it. 👍🏼👍🏼🙏🙏🙏
Thanks so much for posting. I'm thrilled that you liked the episode and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series, as well. Also, even if the animated history of Tibet is a success, there is always going to be real need for talented artists and science communicators to continue teaching Tibetan history to both young Tibetan and Western audiences. I can think of few things that are more worth while. Thanks again! Wishing you the best of luck in the new year!
Kudos to the team for the thorough research and animated presentation. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart because even Tibetans are forgetting our own history. Your work helps suffice years of sub-standard education in the exile communities and obviously inaccurate history taught in China-occupied Tibet.
Thanks so much! It has definitely been a labor of love. If we can raise the money (which we're working on), we are planning to translate and re-narrate the series in both Tibetan and Mandarin, which would make it even more accessible to communities that might struggle with the English of the series.
@@Huge_burger Hey there! We're actually already working on it. We're currently working on a Tibetan translation of the full series (which would allow us to upload Tibetan subtitles) and plan to release all nine episodes, when they're done, on a separate channel with Tibetan narration. We're planning a fundraising drive at the end of March to finance the work, but we all feel that it's extremely important that the series also exist in a Tibetan-language version.
Thank you so much for this!! Quite accurate although I'd beg to differ with some of the timelines. Having studied and covered Songtsen's and Gar Tungsten the past year, the animation helped make the imagination come alive. We have such rich history and it'd be a shame if our new generation not know of it. Would love to support the next animation on Tibetan civilization. Thank you Tibet House US, Prof. Brandon Dotson, Indiegogo and Alex and all involved in his great project!!
Thank you for making this video, even many of the Tibetans wouldn't know their early history. This is also a must watch video for those foreigners who doesn't know early Tibetan history.
Everything you are posting is very important . So, as a learner I rest humble and seek your teaching through this amazing animation. I hope you used your knowledge power to spread the truth about Tibet with a positive influence in the world. Knowledge is power and right information is wisdom. Thank you so much for this beautiful gift of losar. I m learning n I will be learning about our history and how we fallen. Pray for our freedom and prosperity ! May bright sun light of freedom prevail in Tibet soon. I am seeking your assistance to gain knowledge through this thoughtful way of teaching. I don’t know you gen lak but I trust you and I m following your teachings here. Keep helping us to spread our unique history. Truth and truth is only accepted !! Thank you so much once again for your team n you for this great contribution. Bhogai loo!!
This was so very comforting, thank you sm to the team for this gorgeous animation. Few now talk about tibet's history as a tibetan i cannot thank you enough for this
Awesome to see our great kings History in animation for the first time and Thank you Tibet House for this initiation🙏 and most importantly, Thank you ArmchairAcademics and Thanm you Alex 🙏 waiting for the rest of the episodes!
props you you and everyone else who helped make this video happen! Thank you so much this video was very accurate and was cool to watch as a Tibetan my self!
Great video! I am a Tibetan current pursuing my higher studies, this video reminded me of our once a week tibetan history classes. Though the stories were very much just surface leveled, those stories used to be so enjoyable. I would have never thought i will be able learn it in depth through a YT video. Thank you once again. Just some questions if u can answer. 1. Songtsen gampo is the 32nd king so is there any chance that previous kings would get any videos or mentions ( as some important things happened such as Nyenpo Sawang( beautiful secret) and other advancements that happened prior to Songtsen Gampo 2. If my understanding is correct i think konjo also brought another jowo which was later on known as kyidong jowo, kyidong being my grandparent's birthplace, they shared the jowo story with so if i you could get that fact checked.
Hey Tashi, thanks so much for the kind words. I'm really glad that you enjoyed the episode. The second should be coming out in early March and I'd love to hear your thoughts about that one, as well. And, my apologies in advance... this response is going to be a bit on the long side! To answer your questions... Question one: we're unfortunately not planning on covering the earlier kings of Tibet in any particular depth in this series. They'll be mentioned in some of the "abstract" sequences -- such as the sequence in this episode that discusses the Mu Chord (dmu thag) and the king Drigum Tsenpo. The reason for that is that Songtsen Gampo is the first king for whom we have significant historical evidence (e.g. the innovation of writing in the 7th century and Songtsen Gampo's extensive contact with the Tang court allow us to do much reliable historical research than is possible with earlier kings on the Tibetan Plateau). That's not to say (as some early Western historians did) that the preceding kings are all mythological -- although some certainly are. But the historical record is simply not complete enough to build a cohesive historical narrative. For my part, kingship in early Tibet is something that would be wonderful to return to in the future -- maybe once the series is complete it's a topic that we could cover. Definitely something I'd like to do. Question two: Do you mean "kyidong" as in "skyid grong"? Because, if so, the story about the skyid grong jo bo -- or Kyirong Jowo as it's often written in English - is wonderful. According to traditional narratives, the Kyirong Jowo was brought to Tibet from modern-day Nepal in the late 7th or early 8th century. It was then smuggled out of Tibet during the cultural revolution, narrowly escaping destruction by the Red Guards and, on the way, was kept secretly for a long time (years perhaps?) in skyid grong along the Nepalese border. It was then smuggled through Nepal and eventually brought to Dharamshala, where it's still kept to this day. I'm not sure if that helps... but that's at least the narrative that's grown up around the skyid grong jo bo that I heard in Dhasa when I was younger. Thanks again for posting! Wishing you all the best.
Thank you so much. I watched this during our New year time. N it’s wonderful and hardworking of you that made this video in Animation it will help lots of young kids to watch it too. ❤I wish u grow successful year a head.
Hey man! I really enjoyed your video, the artwork is superb, the editing is magnificent, and the information is wonderful. My only contention is that you speak in a particular intonation that i quite distracting from the great content that you're giving us. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with your voice in terms of pitch, tone, or understand-ability, but rather; you place stress in regularly repeating parts of your sentence structure which lessens my personal enjoyment. Even if you don't cater to my personal sensibilities, I'll still probably watch your videos because everything else is so great, but I just wanted to get my two cents in. Great video! Keep up the excellent work!
Hey there! Very much appreciate the kinds words -- and the constructive criticism, as well. There's definitely space to grow on my end as a narrator and presenter, so I'll take it to heart. Thanks for posting 🍻 I'll be curious to hear your thoughts about episodes 2 and 3.
@@high_landa Ladakh became a country only after 900 AD, after the decline of the Tibetan empire. Before that it was a proto Tibetan state and before that western zhangzhung.
@@hellboundtruck123 Your ancestors sure destroyed Zhangzhung & Guge; It never recovered afterwards, but Ladakh sure thrived afterwards, as an independent nation.
I am also from a Tibetic state; Although, we never adopted Buddhism, those in Sikkim, Bhutan, Lho Manthang, Ladakh etc did; All words we have burrowed from the old Tibetan language have to do with slavery or ruling: ᤕᤢᤰ (Yük) - Rule, ᤕᤥᤰ (Yök) - Slave, ᤈᤱ (Jŋ) - Fort & ᤑᤥ (Phö) - Tribute. Even though we have our own native words for these concepts, ᤜᤠᤱ (Hâŋ), ᤕᤥᤰ (Yök), ᤕᤰ (Yk) & ᤑᤥ (Phö); These are from the proto-sino-tibetan language. All this is to say, the Buddhists were quite keen on nation-building & subjugation of foreigners or even natives. But, all that is in the past.
It is so same for Nepal government that they don't have Track of Bhrikuti s children ? Instead of fighting for usless Things in the parliament, and following Delhi , the usless leaders could research in it's rich History !
Hello there how are you and your team doing? I have seen the First episode a couple of times and shared it with my friends and the First episode is Fascinating and Enjoyable. Can i also ask you and your team something?
Hey there! Good to hear from you. And thanks for the kind words! If it's something general, feel free to drop it in the comments. Or, if it's a larger question or something business related, feel free to email us through the channel email. Either way, we'll do our best to get back to you asap.
@@ArmchairAcademics After You guys have Finished Animated history of Tibet Perhaps you guys could make an animated history of Anglo-Nepal war in future?
Very well done. I have a question though, both Birikuti and Wen Chen married 33rd King Songtsen Gampo, also king Songtsen Gampo sent Sambhota to India to invent Tibetan text, and he also sent Gar Tongtsen to China to ask for Wen Chen’s hand for marriage, but why are you referring Trisong instead of Songtsen? Trisong is 38th king of Tibet and another mighty king but this story is of Songtsen Gampo. Please enlighten me
Excellent. Like & Subs. I saw recently the ranking of the biggest empires in the human's history and this Tibetan empire is ranked #27 which is remarkable for a small nation i.e. #1 and 2 being Victorian British, Genghis Khan Mongols
The forefathers of the Tibetans would never have expected their country to be what they are today - annexed by China. At least the Mongolians still have a country, Mongolia - albeit a weak nation.
There’s a lot of literature on Bon and the traditional Tibetan practices in pre-Buddhist eras. Kinda disappointed that was just glossed over as ‘don’t know’
Only thing that seems mixed up with this story is it was Nepali princess Bhrikuti who brought Buddhism & Buddha statue with her to Tibet. She also brought monks with her to teach Buddhism in her new home.
Is Tibet in China? Before 1251: No. From 629 to 842, Tibet was ruled by the Tibetan Empire, which at some point was extremely powerful and could rival the Tang and Arabian empires. Before the Tibetan Empire, the Tibetan plateau was ruled by several smaller regimes and a lot of tribes. They include Zhang Zhung, Sum Pa, Tuyuhun, Qiang and Nyukuo, etc. After 842 and before 1251, Tibet was also in fragmentation. Local regimes and religious regimes ruled the plateau, until the Mongols invaded them and made them a part of the Mongol Empire in 1251. 1251-1271: No, unless you really believe the Mongol Empire could represent China (which makes no sense to me). China at that time was represented by the Song dynasty, which never controlled Tibet. 1271-1368: Yes, unless you don’t regard the Yuan dynasty as a Chinese dynasty. A majority of historians regard the Yuan dynasty as a part of Chinese history, but if you don’t think so, that’s your call. The Mongol Empire dissolved into several pieces, and the piece that ruled China and adapted to the Chinese way of ruling was called the Yuan dynasty, which was established in 1271 and completely defeated the Song dynasty in 1279. The Yuan dynasty established the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs to administrate Tibet. 1368-1372: No. The Yuan dynasty was overthrown by the Ming dynasty in 1368. The remnants of the Yuan dynasty still held northern China. The Ming were trying to wipe them out completely. At this period, neither the Yuan nor the Ming had time to deal with Tibet. 1372-1642: Maybe, maybe not. The Ming dynasty established the U-Tsang Regional Military Commission and Do-Kham Regional Military Commission to administrate the Tibetan Plateau. However, the influence of the Ming dynasty on the plateau was very weak, even with those two official administrative divisions. Tibet was under de-facto reigns of local dynasties, such as Phagmodrupa, Rinpungpa and Tsangpa. 1642 - 1717: No. A branch of Oirad Mongols invaded Tibet in 1642 and established the Khoshut Khanate. The Ming dynasty was threatened by the Manchus (Qing) and peasant uprisings. They couldn’t do anything about it. Tibet completely broke away from the Ming dynasty. Two years later, the Ming dynasty collapsed. 1717-1719: No. The Dzungar Khanate invaded Tibet from the modern-day Xinjiang region and defeated the Khoshut Khanate. 1719-1911: Yes, unless you don’t think the Qing dynasty was a part of Chinese history. Compared to the Yuan dynasty, the Qing dynasty was way more sinicized, so almost all people consider the Qing as China. The Qing drove out the Dzungars in 1719 and controlled Tibet since then. Early generations of Dalai Lama and Panchan Lama were appointed by Qing emperors, and Manchus officials were titled as imperial residents to Tibet since 1729 to rule Tibet. The British army invaded Tibet from India in the late 1800s and tried to separate Tibet from Qing, but they failed to achieve that. 1911-1951: Sort of. The Qing dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries in 1911, and the Republic of China (the current government of Taiwan) was established in 1912. The Republic of China always had a territory claim over Tibet and established the Mongolian and Tibetan Commission to administrate those two regions. However, due to civil wars among warlords and the contention between nationalists and communists, it had no power to solidate the control on Tibet (or Mongolia). Local religious leaders thus gained de-facto independence as Kashag Government. At that time, Mongolia was seeking independence from China, too. As a result, Tibetans and Mongols formed an alliance and signed some treaties that recognized each other as independent states. However, unlike the Mongols who were very determined regarding the independence, Tibetans were somehow hesitating and ambiguous. Sometimes they claimed to be independent; sometimes they claimed to be a part of China; sometimes they even claimed to be a British territory. After 1951 (NOW): Yes. The Republic of China was defeated in the Civil War and relocated to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. After a brief conflict against the Kashag forces in Qamdo (in today’s Sichuan province) in 1950, the People’s Liberation Army marched into Tibet and occupied Lhasa peacefully in 1951. Initially, the 14th Dalai Lama agreed to cooperate with the new Chinese government and was still the de-facto leader of Kashag and Tibet, but in 1959, his supporters launched a riot in Lhasa trying to drive out Chinese people. The riot was suppressed quickly, and the Dalai Lama fled to India. Kashag thus no longer exists. After that, major reforms had been launched in Tibet, and slavery was abolished. The current Tibet Autonomous Region was established in 1965. When it comes to occupation of Tibet, here is our final tally: Total history (500BCE to present): 2521 years Yuan rule - 97 years Qing rule - 192 years PRC rule - 70 years In fact Tibet has spent anywhere from 86% to 97% of its history independent from Chinese rule, depending on your interpretation. The way I see it, there are two ways to interpret Tibetan history. 1. If you interpret the Yuan and Qing Dynasties as being “Chinese”: Then Tibet has spent a combined 359 years under Chinese rule throughout various points in history. 2. If you do not interpret the Yuan and Qing as being “Chinese” The Yuan Dynasty is often considered a foreign occupation of China (being the Mongol Empire and all). Likewise for the Manchu Empire/Qing Dynasty. If you do not consider the Mongol or Manchu empires to be Chinese, then Tibet has only spent the last 70 years under Chinese rule.
Sakya Pandita and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, the Sakya lama, became a religious teacher to Kublai khan, Sakya Pandita preached sermons along his way and arrived at Godan's camp in Liangzhou in 1247, where Mongol troops were exterminating Han chinese by throwing them in a river. Sakya Pandita, horrified, gave religious instructions, in particular stressing that killing a sentient being is one of the worst acts according to Buddhism. Mongols definitely didn’t like chinese or they Consider them one
China is composed by the major ethnic group in the mainland of east Asia. Chinese is a hyper ethnic group =Han+manchu+mongolia +tibet+urgul… In western eyes, the people looks neither white nor black is Chinese. Precisely speaking, I should say, Chinese = Han Chinese+Manchu Chinese +Mongol Chinese + Tibet Chinese + Urgul Chinese+Zhuang Chinese + Thai Chinese +….
My Great great Grandfather who lived in 17th century is a direct descendent of one of the kings from Tibetan empire!! Tibetan empire was traditionally called as (BO Chenpo) greater Tibet Far as west present day Persia and far as east (sichuan )
Very educational video on the real story of Tibetan History. A pity I find the abdominable pronunciation of Sanskrit words and names of characters. A little preparation or consultation of aSanskrit professor would add to the authenticity of the narrative. Greeting from a Sanskrit student The Netherlands.
Hey there! Thanks for the comment -- and for the constructive criticism, as well. It's noted and I'll run Sanskrit terms and names past colleagues in the field for future episodes. Thanks for watching!
Tresong Deutsen was the great grandson of Songsten Gampo. Songsten was a great ruler and a conquerer but it wasn't him who established buddhism in Tibet. After the TIbet rose to power and prosperity It was Tresong Deutsen great grandson of Songsten who requested and invited Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) born in Afghanistan and resided in Nepal and only then with the help of power from Guru Rinpoche Buddhism as established also the start of Vajrayana Buddhism also making Tresong the dharma King of Tibet. Such a divine and powerful rinpoche was eventually pursue the enlightenment. The teachings had to be archived so Tresong invited Chinese scholars and Indian scholars on a great debate on a subject of scripts. The indian scholars won the debate easily and thus the older version of sanskrit was decided. Great video, just wanted to give some pointers
Thanks for watching! Feel free to ask questions about the time period covered in the episode (there's a wealth of history that we can't include in this format and we'd love to share). Also remember to check below in the pinned comment for potential corrections.
Corrections:
Regarding flags - at two points in the episode we use vertical five-colored flags, which are called Darchog (dar lcog) in Tibetan. This was an oversight. They are an iconic feature of Tibetan Buddhism that you'll find throughout the Himalayas; but, to my knowledge, these types of prayer flags were not used during the imperial period, during which a variety of longer war banners, called Magdar (dmag dar) featuring the heraldry of the imperial state would have been used.
When’s part 2 coming out?
Thank you 🙏
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Hey there! Thanks for posting. The second episode is currently scheduled for early March!
History of Tibet is much older, as proposed by the late retired Italian university professor Namkhai Norbu & now universally accepted by Tibetologists. You can get his three volumes he published before passing away, A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, light of kailash Volumes one, two & three. Can get some in ebook format too. He was urged by dalai Lama to write more, gave him a golden pen. He was also a Tibetan Buddhist master with many students (including me) & setup several charities in Tibet which are still active, established centers globally (tenerif, Europe, Americas, Asia), publishing houses etc. He proved roots of Tibetan culture & civilization are much older & trace to western Tibet. If you want your work to stand the test of time, I suggest reading these 3 volumes first. Good luck, worthy project. I was there when he gave the first volume presentation at my old college, university of London (SOAS), several noted historians were ecstatic.
This is one of my biggest dreams since I was a kid to make an animation on the Tibetan empire and that dream remained dream but fortunately being able to see it from someone else has invoked something within me. Great work, appreciate every little detail and time you put into it. 👍🏼👍🏼🙏🙏🙏
You can still do it!! Make it for the Tibetan children!
Thanks so much for posting. I'm thrilled that you liked the episode and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series, as well. Also, even if the animated history of Tibet is a success, there is always going to be real need for talented artists and science communicators to continue teaching Tibetan history to both young Tibetan and Western audiences. I can think of few things that are more worth while. Thanks again! Wishing you the best of luck in the new year!
dude you should make that video you speak of I'd watch it
Losar drop is amazing!!! Thank you !!!
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Kudos to the team for the thorough research and animated presentation. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart because even Tibetans are forgetting our own history. Your work helps suffice years of sub-standard education in the exile communities and obviously inaccurate history taught in China-occupied Tibet.
Thanks so much! It has definitely been a labor of love. If we can raise the money (which we're working on), we are planning to translate and re-narrate the series in both Tibetan and Mandarin, which would make it even more accessible to communities that might struggle with the English of the series.
@@ArmchairAcademicsGreat to know! Is there a weblink of the fundraiser?
Did you get an education from Tibet? How do you know? From the Western media?
@@ArmchairAcademics It would be great if you could make a Tibetan version of the video, thank you
@@Huge_burger
Hey there! We're actually already working on it. We're currently working on a Tibetan translation of the full series (which would allow us to upload Tibetan subtitles) and plan to release all nine episodes, when they're done, on a separate channel with Tibetan narration. We're planning a fundraising drive at the end of March to finance the work, but we all feel that it's extremely important that the series also exist in a Tibetan-language version.
Thank you so much for this!! Quite accurate although I'd beg to differ with some of the timelines. Having studied and covered Songtsen's and Gar Tungsten the past year, the animation helped make the imagination come alive. We have such rich history and it'd be a shame if our new generation not know of it. Would love to support the next animation on Tibetan civilization. Thank you Tibet House US, Prof. Brandon Dotson, Indiegogo and Alex and all involved in his great project!!
Thank you for making this video, even many of the Tibetans wouldn't know their early history. This is also a must watch video for those foreigners who doesn't know early Tibetan history.
incredibly rich and detailed narration of the Tibetan history. Can't wait for the next episode.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it. It's looking like episode two will be out in early March 🙏
Fantastic soundtracks, animation and narrative structure.
You've raised the bar for educational videos on history.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words. That's exactly what we're hoping to do with the project!
Everything you are posting is very important . So, as a learner I rest humble and seek your teaching through this amazing animation. I hope you used your knowledge power to spread the truth about Tibet with a positive influence in the world. Knowledge is power and right information is wisdom. Thank you so much for this beautiful gift of losar. I m learning n I will be learning about our history and how we fallen. Pray for our freedom and prosperity ! May bright sun light of freedom prevail in Tibet soon. I am seeking your assistance to gain knowledge through this thoughtful way of teaching. I don’t know you gen lak but I trust you and I m following your teachings here. Keep helping us to spread our unique history. Truth and truth is only accepted !! Thank you so much once again for your team n you for this great contribution. Bhogai loo!!
This was so very comforting, thank you sm to the team for this gorgeous animation. Few now talk about tibet's history as a tibetan i cannot thank you enough for this
Awesome to see our great kings History in animation for the first time and Thank you Tibet House for this initiation🙏 and most importantly, Thank you ArmchairAcademics and Thanm you Alex 🙏 waiting for the rest of the episodes!
Losar la Tashi Delek 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for this video, time and energy spent for making this. 👍
Many many thanks
Tashi delek...lhaaso fhyafula❤❤
Awesome content, thank you. And Losar Tashi Delek to all Himalayan Buddhist brothers and sisters.
Great content very interesting to see with animated video. keep up the great work. Thank you for dropping by and supporting Tibetan history.Bhogaylo.🙏
So happy and excited about this :) thank you!
So glad! Hope you enjoy.
props you you and everyone else who helped make this video happen! Thank you so much this video was very accurate and was cool to watch as a Tibetan my self!
We really appreciate it! Thanks so much.
Great video!
I am a Tibetan current pursuing my higher studies, this video reminded me of our once a week tibetan history classes. Though the stories were very much just surface leveled, those stories used to be so enjoyable. I would have never thought i will be able learn it in depth through a YT video. Thank you once again.
Just some questions if u can answer.
1. Songtsen gampo is the 32nd king so is there any chance that previous kings would get any videos or mentions ( as some important things happened such as Nyenpo Sawang( beautiful secret) and other advancements that happened prior to Songtsen Gampo
2. If my understanding is correct i think konjo also brought another jowo which was later on known as kyidong jowo, kyidong being my grandparent's birthplace, they shared the jowo story with so if i you could get that fact checked.
Hey Tashi, thanks so much for the kind words. I'm really glad that you enjoyed the episode. The second should be coming out in early March and I'd love to hear your thoughts about that one, as well. And, my apologies in advance... this response is going to be a bit on the long side!
To answer your questions...
Question one: we're unfortunately not planning on covering the earlier kings of Tibet in any particular depth in this series. They'll be mentioned in some of the "abstract" sequences -- such as the sequence in this episode that discusses the Mu Chord (dmu thag) and the king Drigum Tsenpo. The reason for that is that Songtsen Gampo is the first king for whom we have significant historical evidence (e.g. the innovation of writing in the 7th century and Songtsen Gampo's extensive contact with the Tang court allow us to do much reliable historical research than is possible with earlier kings on the Tibetan Plateau). That's not to say (as some early Western historians did) that the preceding kings are all mythological -- although some certainly are. But the historical record is simply not complete enough to build a cohesive historical narrative. For my part, kingship in early Tibet is something that would be wonderful to return to in the future -- maybe once the series is complete it's a topic that we could cover. Definitely something I'd like to do.
Question two: Do you mean "kyidong" as in "skyid grong"? Because, if so, the story about the skyid grong jo bo -- or Kyirong Jowo as it's often written in English - is wonderful. According to traditional narratives, the Kyirong Jowo was brought to Tibet from modern-day Nepal in the late 7th or early 8th century. It was then smuggled out of Tibet during the cultural revolution, narrowly escaping destruction by the Red Guards and, on the way, was kept secretly for a long time (years perhaps?) in skyid grong along the Nepalese border. It was then smuggled through Nepal and eventually brought to Dharamshala, where it's still kept to this day. I'm not sure if that helps... but that's at least the narrative that's grown up around the skyid grong jo bo that I heard in Dhasa when I was younger.
Thanks again for posting! Wishing you all the best.
Thank you ❤ can’t wait for the second episode .
I AM TIBETIAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank u so much i have never seen an animation about tibet tysm
This is amazing! Sharing!! ❤
Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much. I watched this during our New year time. N it’s wonderful and hardworking of you that made this video in Animation it will help lots of young kids to watch it too. ❤I wish u grow successful year a head.
Hey man! I really enjoyed your video, the artwork is superb, the editing is magnificent, and the information is wonderful. My only contention is that you speak in a particular intonation that i quite distracting from the great content that you're giving us. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with your voice in terms of pitch, tone, or understand-ability, but rather; you place stress in regularly repeating parts of your sentence structure which lessens my personal enjoyment. Even if you don't cater to my personal sensibilities, I'll still probably watch your videos because everything else is so great, but I just wanted to get my two cents in. Great video! Keep up the excellent work!
Hey there! Very much appreciate the kinds words -- and the constructive criticism, as well. There's definitely space to grow on my end as a narrator and presenter, so I'll take it to heart. Thanks for posting 🍻 I'll be curious to hear your thoughts about episodes 2 and 3.
Greeting from a proto Tibetan state called Ladakh.
I thought Ladakh a country not a state lol
@@high_landa Ladakh became a country only after 900 AD, after the decline of the Tibetan empire. Before that it was a proto Tibetan state and before that western zhangzhung.
@@hellboundtruck123
Your ancestors sure destroyed Zhangzhung & Guge; It never recovered afterwards, but Ladakh sure thrived afterwards, as an independent nation.
I am also from a Tibetic state; Although, we never adopted Buddhism, those in Sikkim, Bhutan, Lho Manthang, Ladakh etc did; All words we have burrowed from the old Tibetan language have to do with slavery or ruling: ᤕᤢᤰ (Yük) - Rule, ᤕᤥᤰ (Yök) - Slave, ᤈᤱ (Jŋ) - Fort & ᤑᤥ (Phö) - Tribute. Even though we have our own native words for these concepts, ᤜᤠᤱ (Hâŋ), ᤕᤥᤰ (Yök), ᤕᤰ (Yk) & ᤑᤥ (Phö); These are from the proto-sino-tibetan language. All this is to say, the Buddhists were quite keen on nation-building & subjugation of foreigners or even natives. But, all that is in the past.
ladakh is not proto tibtetan....proto tibetan is somewhere in between kham and amdo area....
Very knowledgeable. Really loved it... 2nd episode please
Hey there! Thanks so much. The second episode should be coming out in the second week of March 🙏
It is so same for Nepal government that they don't have Track of Bhrikuti s children ? Instead of fighting for usless Things in the parliament, and following Delhi , the usless leaders could research in it's rich History !
Brikuti was one of many wives of king Songtsen. Present day Lhagyari family is descendent of Songtsen but who knows from which wife.
Thank you for this wonderful job! 🙏
Amazing video and thank you for this wonderful gift on Losar ❤
This is a good episode, thank you for making a video on the history of Tibet. Subscribed
Love from demazong (sikkim )
Wonderful! Thank you so much for this great work.
You're very welcome!
Greetings from Nepal. Srong Chung Gompo is our son in law, married to Nepali princess Bhrikuti :-)
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More specifically Tsongsen Gampo is son in law of Newars. Bhrikuti is Newar daughter. But you are part of Nepal now so yes.
You have an amazing channel; I am grateful to have found it!
Thanks so much!
Wonderful job!
Thanks so much, John! Episode two is already nearly ready to go, but it's been a real journey putting these together.
I am Tibetan !!!!!!! here i really wanted to tell you thank you so much.👏👏👏👏👏❤️
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Amazing bro
Worth every minute I spent on this video.
So glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the video king
great animation! thank you for touching on Tibetan history which isn’t discussed enough
This channel will blow up on these animated episodes 💯💯
Thanks so much! 🙏
Wonderful work!
next time please make a animated history about the mongols and their successor states 🙏
Thanks for this! I look forward to the next one!!!!
An incredible animated video and a testament to the glory of Tibet’s past. ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། བོད་རང་བཙན་ Thank you, and Free Tibet!!
You forgot to eat the medicine again 🤦
But when was Tibet ever free? It’d be a theology if not under the current government.
It won't be a theology and be an autonomous region with freedom to practise your own religion and culture.FREE TIBET.
@@xandercage5871 Let me guess Indian?
@@xandercage5871 Free your mother from Hindu priests 😘
Beautifully done! Keep it up
Thanks so much! We're working on it... episode two should be done and up on UA-cam in the second week of March 🙏
Thanks for the videos u uploaded, I m excited to watch it during vacation
Greating from Burma🎉🎉.
Great Work.
Thank you
Thank you for this lovely animation of Tibetan history! I'm a visual learner so this was helpful. Losar Tashi Delek! 🥹✨🙏🏼💛
Wow this is amazing !
Absolutely amazing
Hello there how are you and your team doing? I have seen the First episode a couple of times and shared it with my friends and the First episode is Fascinating and Enjoyable. Can i also ask you and your team something?
Hey there! Good to hear from you. And thanks for the kind words! If it's something general, feel free to drop it in the comments. Or, if it's a larger question or something business related, feel free to email us through the channel email. Either way, we'll do our best to get back to you asap.
@@ArmchairAcademics After You guys have Finished Animated history of Tibet Perhaps you guys could make an animated history of Anglo-Nepal war in future?
Thanks for your contribution and may the truth prevail on earth..!🙏
Hope to see Episode 2 and 3 soon!
That's great to hear! Episode two should be coming out in early March.
Most excellent. Looking foreward to the next part. Great animation. New sub!
Awesome, thank you! The second episode is scheduled for early March. If that changes, I'll drop an update on the channel.
Thank you for sharing
This new method helps a lot , it's brilliant idea ✨ keep up sir
Incredible work! Subscribed!
Thank you so much!
YESSSSSSSSSSS
Worth watching❤❤❤
Wonderful! Thank you so much !! Learned a lot!!🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
Just discovered your channel and I find your content fascinating!
I love the animation!
Wonderful!
Very well done. I have a question though, both Birikuti and Wen Chen married 33rd King Songtsen Gampo, also king Songtsen Gampo sent Sambhota to India to invent Tibetan text, and he also sent Gar Tongtsen to China to ask for Wen Chen’s hand for marriage, but why are you referring Trisong instead of Songtsen? Trisong is 38th king of Tibet and another mighty king but this story is of Songtsen Gampo. Please enlighten me
If i am not wrong, I think the narrator was calling Songtsen Gampo as Tri Songtsen, and not Trisong Detsen.
@@tashidhondup8371you are right.
Thank you so much for the light ❤:
Excellent. Like & Subs. I saw recently the ranking of the biggest empires in the human's history and this Tibetan empire is ranked #27 which is remarkable for a small nation i.e. #1 and 2 being Victorian British, Genghis Khan Mongols
Thank you for video
Thanks for posting! If you check out the rest of the series, I hope you enjoy the work!
Much ❤ from NYC
Great job ! Very interesting! Thanks
Restoring Empire Tibet !
Amazing but would really like to see pre 7 century history of Tibet, Tufan empire !!
Thank you very informative 😊
Such a great story presented! Just liked the art! ❤️😍😊👏
Wounderful thank you Sir.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you🎉❤
Thank you so much 🎉🎉❤
👍👍👍❤❤❤Thank you 🙏🏻
Fantadtic video
I had no idea a Tibetan Empire once existed. This is fascinating!
Thank you!
Thank you so much people know about tibet
Bro ....thank you
The forefathers of the Tibetans would never have expected their country to be what they are today - annexed by China. At least the Mongolians still have a country, Mongolia - albeit a weak nation.
Thank you 😊
There’s a lot of literature on Bon and the traditional Tibetan practices in pre-Buddhist eras. Kinda disappointed that was just glossed over as ‘don’t know’
Only thing that seems mixed up with this story is it was Nepali princess Bhrikuti who brought Buddhism & Buddha statue with her to Tibet. She also brought monks with her to teach Buddhism in her new home.
Is Tibet in China?
Before 1251: No. From 629 to 842, Tibet was ruled by the Tibetan Empire, which at some point was extremely powerful and could rival the Tang and Arabian empires. Before the Tibetan Empire, the Tibetan plateau was ruled by several smaller regimes and a lot of tribes. They include Zhang Zhung, Sum Pa, Tuyuhun, Qiang and Nyukuo, etc. After 842 and before 1251, Tibet was also in fragmentation. Local regimes and religious regimes ruled the plateau, until the Mongols invaded them and made them a part of the Mongol Empire in 1251.
1251-1271: No, unless you really believe the Mongol Empire could represent China (which makes no sense to me). China at that time was represented by the Song dynasty, which never controlled Tibet.
1271-1368: Yes, unless you don’t regard the Yuan dynasty as a Chinese dynasty. A majority of historians regard the Yuan dynasty as a part of Chinese history, but if you don’t think so, that’s your call. The Mongol Empire dissolved into several pieces, and the piece that ruled China and adapted to the Chinese way of ruling was called the Yuan dynasty, which was established in 1271 and completely defeated the Song dynasty in 1279. The Yuan dynasty established the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs to administrate Tibet.
1368-1372: No. The Yuan dynasty was overthrown by the Ming dynasty in 1368. The remnants of the Yuan dynasty still held northern China. The Ming were trying to wipe them out completely. At this period, neither the Yuan nor the Ming had time to deal with Tibet.
1372-1642: Maybe, maybe not. The Ming dynasty established the U-Tsang Regional Military Commission and Do-Kham Regional Military Commission to administrate the Tibetan Plateau. However, the influence of the Ming dynasty on the plateau was very weak, even with those two official administrative divisions. Tibet was under de-facto reigns of local dynasties, such as Phagmodrupa, Rinpungpa and Tsangpa.
1642 - 1717: No. A branch of Oirad Mongols invaded Tibet in 1642 and established the Khoshut Khanate. The Ming dynasty was threatened by the Manchus (Qing) and peasant uprisings. They couldn’t do anything about it. Tibet completely broke away from the Ming dynasty. Two years later, the Ming dynasty collapsed.
1717-1719: No. The Dzungar Khanate invaded Tibet from the modern-day Xinjiang region and defeated the Khoshut Khanate.
1719-1911: Yes, unless you don’t think the Qing dynasty was a part of Chinese history. Compared to the Yuan dynasty, the Qing dynasty was way more sinicized, so almost all people consider the Qing as China. The Qing drove out the Dzungars in 1719 and controlled Tibet since then. Early generations of Dalai Lama and Panchan Lama were appointed by Qing emperors, and Manchus officials were titled as imperial residents to Tibet since 1729 to rule Tibet. The British army invaded Tibet from India in the late 1800s and tried to separate Tibet from Qing, but they failed to achieve that.
1911-1951: Sort of. The Qing dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries in 1911, and the Republic of China (the current government of Taiwan) was established in 1912. The Republic of China always had a territory claim over Tibet and established the Mongolian and Tibetan Commission to administrate those two regions. However, due to civil wars among warlords and the contention between nationalists and communists, it had no power to solidate the control on Tibet (or Mongolia). Local religious leaders thus gained de-facto independence as Kashag Government. At that time, Mongolia was seeking independence from China, too. As a result, Tibetans and Mongols formed an alliance and signed some treaties that recognized each other as independent states. However, unlike the Mongols who were very determined regarding the independence, Tibetans were somehow hesitating and ambiguous. Sometimes they claimed to be independent; sometimes they claimed to be a part of China; sometimes they even claimed to be a British territory.
After 1951 (NOW): Yes. The Republic of China was defeated in the Civil War and relocated to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. After a brief conflict against the Kashag forces in Qamdo (in today’s Sichuan province) in 1950, the People’s Liberation Army marched into Tibet and occupied Lhasa peacefully in 1951. Initially, the 14th Dalai Lama agreed to cooperate with the new Chinese government and was still the de-facto leader of Kashag and Tibet, but in 1959, his supporters launched a riot in Lhasa trying to drive out Chinese people. The riot was suppressed quickly, and the Dalai Lama fled to India. Kashag thus no longer exists. After that, major reforms had been launched in Tibet, and slavery was abolished. The current Tibet Autonomous Region was established in 1965.
When it comes to occupation of Tibet, here is our final tally:
Total history (500BCE to present): 2521 years
Yuan rule - 97 years
Qing rule - 192 years
PRC rule - 70 years
In fact Tibet has spent anywhere from 86% to 97% of its history independent from Chinese rule, depending on your interpretation.
The way I see it, there are two ways to interpret Tibetan history.
1. If you interpret the Yuan and Qing Dynasties as being “Chinese”:
Then Tibet has spent a combined 359 years under Chinese rule throughout various points in history.
2. If you do not interpret the Yuan and Qing as being “Chinese”
The Yuan Dynasty is often considered a foreign occupation of China (being the Mongol Empire and all). Likewise for the Manchu Empire/Qing Dynasty.
If you do not consider the Mongol or Manchu empires to be Chinese, then Tibet has only spent the last 70 years under Chinese rule.
Sakya Pandita and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa, the Sakya lama, became a religious teacher to Kublai khan,
Sakya Pandita preached sermons along his way and arrived at Godan's camp in Liangzhou in 1247, where Mongol troops were exterminating Han chinese by throwing them in a river. Sakya Pandita, horrified, gave religious instructions, in particular stressing that killing a sentient being is one of the worst acts according to Buddhism. Mongols definitely didn’t like chinese or they Consider them one
China is composed by the major ethnic group in the mainland of east Asia. Chinese is a hyper ethnic group =Han+manchu+mongolia +tibet+urgul… In western eyes, the people looks neither white nor black is Chinese. Precisely speaking, I should say, Chinese = Han Chinese+Manchu Chinese +Mongol Chinese + Tibet Chinese + Urgul Chinese+Zhuang Chinese + Thai Chinese +….
You mean han Chinese because china has 56 ethnic groups, except yuan and qing the rest han people ruled china
wow amazing
My Great great Grandfather who lived in 17th century is a direct descendent of one of the kings from Tibetan empire!! Tibetan empire was traditionally called as (BO Chenpo) greater Tibet Far as west present day Persia and far as east (sichuan )
Thant's a wonderful bit of family history!
Very educational video on the real story of Tibetan History. A pity I find the abdominable pronunciation of Sanskrit words and names of characters. A little preparation or consultation of aSanskrit professor would add to the authenticity of the narrative. Greeting from a Sanskrit student The Netherlands.
Hey there! Thanks for the comment -- and for the constructive criticism, as well. It's noted and I'll run Sanskrit terms and names past colleagues in the field for future episodes. Thanks for watching!
Nice
Correction- your narrative is about songtsen, not thritsong. 19:15
Tresong Deutsen was the great grandson of Songsten Gampo. Songsten was a great ruler and a conquerer but it wasn't him who established buddhism in Tibet. After the TIbet rose to power and prosperity It was Tresong Deutsen great grandson of Songsten who requested and invited Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) born in Afghanistan and resided in Nepal and only then with the help of power from Guru Rinpoche Buddhism as established also the start of Vajrayana Buddhism also making Tresong the dharma King of Tibet. Such a divine and powerful rinpoche was eventually pursue the enlightenment. The teachings had to be archived so Tresong invited Chinese scholars and Indian scholars on a great debate on a subject of scripts. The indian scholars won the debate easily and thus the older version of sanskrit was decided. Great video, just wanted to give some pointers
Love from Bhutan 🇧🇹
I would like to hear the story of kingdoms of nepal during this time ....
Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Very interesting… Tibet was very strong
About time someone realised it wasn't always that land of peaceful meditating spiritual leaders.
Yes it was land of most feirce and ambitious warriors, big player of Asia at that time
Wow beautiful 😻
This is amazing for young generation. 👏🏻 👏🏻