Ü (region)Ü (Tibetan: དབུས་, Wylie: dbus, ZWPY: Wü, Lhasa dialect: ) is a geographic division and a historical region in Tibet. Together with Tsang (གཙང་, gtsang), it forms Central Tibet Ü-Tsang (དབུས་གཙང་, dbus gtsang), which is one of the three Tibetan regions or cholka (cholka-sum). The other two cholka are Kham (ཁམས་, khams) (Dotod) and Amdo (ཨ༌མདོ; a mdo) (Domed).
AmdoAmdo (Tibetan: ཨ་མདོ་, Wylie: a mdo; Chinese: 安多; pinyin: Ānduō), also known as Domey (Tibetan: མདོ་སྨད་), is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions. It encompasses a large area from the Machu (Yellow River) to the Drichu (Yangtze). Amdo is mostly coterminous with China's present-day Qinghai province, but also includes small portions of Sichuan and Gansu provinces.
TibetEthno-cultural region in AsiaGreater Tibet regions and claims; click image and go to 'More details' to understand more about the various coloursTibet ( ) is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. It is the homeland of the Tibetans. Other ethnic groups also reside on the plateau, including Mongols, the Lhoba, Monpa, Qiang, Sherpa, and since the 20th century, Han and Hui peoples.
Yarlung TsangpoThe Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo (Tibetan: ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་, Wylie: yar kLungs gTsang po, ZWPY: Yarlung Zangbo) and Yalu Zangbu River (Chinese: 雅鲁藏布江; pinyin: Yǎlǔzàngbù Jiāng), is the upper course of Brahmaputra River. It flows through the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and Arunachal Pradesh state of India. It is the longest river of Tibet and the fifth longest in China.
GelugDominant school of Tibetan BuddhismAn illustration of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder, and his two principal students (Kédrup and Gyeltsap) on his left and right with other lineage teachers and protectors of the Gelug traditionThe 14th Dalai Lama (center), the most influential figure of the contemporary Gelug tradition, at the 2003 Kalachakra ceremony, Bodhgaya (India)The Gelug (, also Geluk; lit. 'virtuous') is the youngest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Wylie transliterationWylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published it in a 1959 Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies article. It has subsequently become a standard transliteration scheme in Tibetan studies, especially in the United States.
KhamKham (Tibetan: ཁམས་, Wylie: khams; Chinese: 康; pinyin: Kāng) is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Domey also known as Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (Tibetan: ཁམས་པ་, Wylie: khams pa), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries.Tibetan scriptThis article contains Tibetan script. Without proper , you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters.
HimalayasMountain range in AsiaThe Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the highest peaks on Earth, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of 7,200 metres (23,600 feet) above sea level lie in the Himalayas. The Himalayas span five countries: Nepal, India, China, Bhutan, and Pakistan.
Mount KailashReligious mountain in Tibet Autonomous Region in ChinaMount Kailash is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Gangdise Shan mountain range of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The peak of Mount Kailash is located at an elevation of 6,638 m (21,778 ft), near the western trijunction of China, India, and Nepal. Mount Kailash is located close to Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes.
ChangtangAlternative Chinese nameChinese藏北高原Literal meaningNorth Tibet plateauTibetan nameTibetanབྱང་ཐང་།The Changtang (alternatively spelled Changthang or Qangtang) is a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into the southern edges of Xinjiang as well as Changthang district in southeastern Ladakh of India, with highlands and lakes.
TibetansTibetans (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 7.7 million. In addition to the majority living in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. The Tibetic languages are a branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family.Ü-TsangRelated word or term.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.