Guge was an ancient dynastic kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th cent
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A brass alloy statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Guge, c. 1050 CE.
Donor depiction, presumably king Lha lde of Guge. Northwest stupa, Tholing Monastery, ca. 1025 CE.
Tsaparang, the ruins of the ancient capital of Guge
Purang-Guge kingdom was a small Western Himalayan kingdom which was founded and flourished in the 10th century in western Tibet.
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…Kingdom later conquered by Tibet under the Fifth Dalai Lama (1679–1680) Purang-Guge Kingdom Zhangzhung…
View of Tholing Monastery, built in the time of the Guge Kingdom.