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The Kingdom of Powo or sPo bo (Tibetan: ཀཿགནམ་རྒྱ་པོ, Wylie: kaHgnam rgya po; Chinese: 波密土王) was a kingdom founded in the 13th century, located in present-day Bomê County, Tibet. The monarchs of Powo were descendants of Drigum Tsenpo, and used the title Kanam Gyalpo (kaH gnam rgyal po) or Kanam Depa (kaH gnam sde pa).[1]
Kingdom of Powo ཀཿགནམ་རྒྱ་པོ kaH gnam rgyal po | |||||||||
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| ca. 1330–1928 | |||||||||
| Capital | Kanam (now Galang Village, Bomê County) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Tibetan, Tibetic languages | ||||||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | ca. 1330 | ||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||
• Restored | 1911 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Tibet | 1928 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
The kingdom was annexed by Qing China in 1910, but the King restored it the next year. In 1928, the kingdom was annexed by Tibet.[2]
References
edit- ^ THL Place Dictionary - An Overview of Powo
- ^ "波密土王的统治". Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
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