Karl E. Ryavec - A Historical Atlas of Tibet

Tibet and the Tibetan culture region

Tibet and surrounding civilizations

Major regions and natural features of Tibet

Tibetan macroregions

The structure of Tibetan history: Core regions, peripheries, and trade networks circa 1900

The historical Tibetan world: Travel time and main trade patterns circa 1900

Long-distance trade items listed in the Yushu Diaocha Ji (Yushu investigation record), 1919

The Tibetic languages

The Tibetic languages

How to use this atlas: Map coverage and cartographic conventions

Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures on the Tibetan Plateau, circa 30,0002000 BCE

The ancient Tibetan world, circa 2000 BCE to 600 CE

Forts and royal residences listed in Bonpo literary sources

Ancient principalities (rGyal phran) according to circa 9th-century Dunhuang documents

Territorial administration system and important religious sites of the Imperial Period, circa 600842

Territories of the administrative chiefs (mKhos dpon)

Garrisons (Khrom chen po)

The one thousand household districts (sTong sde) of Upper Zhangzhung, Lower Zhangzhung, and Sumpa Horn

The Horn (Ru), Border Subduing (mTha dul), and Frontier (Yang dul) Temples

Central Tibet circa 600842: The imperial territorial administration system

The Eighteen Shares of Power (dBang ris bco brgyad)

The Four Horns of Tibet (Bod ru bzhi)

The one thousand household districts (sTong sde) and administrative districts (Yul dpon tshan / Yul sde) of Central Horn, Right Horn, Left Horn, and Branch Horn

Central Tibet circa 600900: Religious and cultural sites of the Imperial Period

Lhasa town plan

The thirty-seven holy/assembly places of the Bonpo

Central Tibet 650764: Annual sites of the royal court and council

Annual sites of the Tibetan Royal Court (Pho brang) and council (Dun ma)

Chronology of the Tibetan emperors (bTsan po)

Major polities and important religious sites during the aftermath of empire and the Second Diffusion of Buddhism, circa 8421240

The Kagyu schools

Central Tibet circa 9001240: Aftermath of empire and religious sites founded during the Second Diffusion of Buddhism

Lhasa Valley plan

Lhasa town plan

The regional principalities (rJe dpon tshan)

Ngari circa 9001100: The kingdoms of Ngari Khorsum

Religious and cultural sites founded in the core region of the Guge Kingdom, circa 10th14th centuries

The twenty-one minor foundations of Rinchen Zangpo

Chronology of the kings of Guge, Part 1

Religious and cultural sites founded in Purang and the Kailash region, circa 10th17th centuries

Ngari circa 11001250: Guge divided and the rise of Yatse

Amdo circa 9001240: The Tsongkha Kingdom, and religious sites founded during the Second Diffusion of Buddhism

Major polities and important religious sites of the Mongol Empire Period, circa 12401354

Mongol administrative system for Tibet

Central Tibet circa 12401354: Symbolic Sakya rule and religious sites founded during the Mongol Empire Period

The ten thousand household districts (Khri skor / Wanhu)

Ngari circa 12501365: Yatse-Gungtang rivalry during the Mongol Empire Period

Amdo circa 12401368: The Mongol conquest, and religious sites founded during the Mongol Empire Period

Important Tibeto-Mongol Buddhist monasteries founded during the 12th to 16th centuries

Important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries of Beijing founded during the Yuan and Ming Periods, circa 13th16th centuries

Major polities and important religious sites of the Pakmodrupa Period, circa 13541642

Chinese Ming Dynasty titles bestowed on important Tibetan religious hierarchs

Birthplaces of the First through Fifth Dalai Lamas

Birthplaces of the First through Fourth Panchen Lamas

Central Tibet circa 13541642: Rival powers and religious sites founded during the Pakmodrupa Period

Lhasa Valley plan

Lhasa town plan

Fortresses (rDzong) established circa 135060 by the Pakmodrupa

Principal fiefs and estates of the Pakmodrupa, circa 1300s

Ngari circa 13651630: The resurgence of Guge

Religious and cultural sites in the core region of the Guge Kingdom, circa 15th17th centuries

Tsaparang Fort plan

Toling Monastery plan

Chronology of the kings of Guge, Part 2

Amdo circa 13681644: Local monastic powers in relation to Chinas Ming Dynasty

Major polities of the Ganden Podrang Period, circa 16421900

Important religious and cultural sites of the Ganden Podrang Period, circa 16421951

Main annual Tibetan trade fairs

Birthplaces of the Sixth through Fourteenth Dalai Lamas

Birthplaces of the Fifth through Eleventh Panchen Lamas

Central Tibet circa 16421951: Religious and cultural sites of the Ganden Podrang Period

Lhasa Valley plan

Lhasa town plan

Fortresses (rDzong) of the Ganden Podrang governments territorial administration system circa 1830

Fortresses and estates supervised by the Tashi Lhunpo Monastic Corporation (bLa brang) until 1923

Frontiers and forts of the Ganden Podrang Period, circa 19001951

Fortresses (rDzong) and estates (gZhis ka) staffed by lay or ecclesiastic governors

Boundaries of the Simla Convention signed by Great Britain and Tibet in 1914

Central Tibet circa 19121951: The territorial administration system of the Ganden Podrang government

Fortresses (rDzong) and estates (gZhis ka) staffed by lay or ecclesiastic governors

Ngari circa 16301959: Incorporation into Tibets Ganden Podrang administrative system

Amdo circa 16441911: Local monastic powers in relation to Chinas Qing Dynasty

Kham circa 16421911: The Khampa polities in relation to Central Tibet and China

Main polities of Eastern Kham and Gyelrong

The Thirty-Nine Hor Tribes

The Derge Kingdom: Territorial administration system, circa 16301909

Forts and palaces of the Derge Kingdom

The Nangchen Kingdom: Territorial administration system, circa 17251951

The one hundred household districts (Be hu / Baihu)

The twenty-five tribes of Yushu