History of Tibet

Tibet is situated between the two ancient cultural centers of India and China but its location on the remote Tibetan plateau served to isolate it from both. It is not known if the Tibetans originated in Central Asia or East Asia, but they do share a linguistic heritage with the Chinese and the Burmese, suggesting a common source for all three groups (discussions of the relative closeness or distance between Tibetans and Han Chinese are tied up in the politics of Tibetan independence). Certainly an independent Tibetan language and Tibetan culture existed prior to any historical accounting.

Related Topics:
Tibet - India - China - Tibetan plateau - Tibetans - Central Asia - East Asia - Linguistic heritage - Burmese - Han Chinese - Tibetan language

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