Tibetans in France have been sounding the alarm over the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts' relabelling of its art and artefacts ...

Whilst reasons for its adoption remain uncertain, it is thought that the religion provided a strong unifying influence permitting both the consolidation and subsequent expansion of the Tibetan Empire.

In the seventh century AD, a Tibetan empire with its own language and form of Buddhism carved out an identity separate from the surrounding lowlands, before collapsing into civil war in the ninth ...

size (68 x 45.5 cm) Image size 34.1 x 26.3 cm frame 36.5 x 24.8 cm ...

The Tibetan Empire, which was a rival to the Tang Dynasty at the time, is referred to as “Tubo” – the ancient Chinese term for Tibet. Buffetrille says that while it might be historically ...