BRIEF HISTORY OF TIBET:

Inhabitants were in existence in Tibet since the latter part of the Paleolithic Age which is considered as the opening of the Tibetan history. By the Neolithic Age these inhabitants had scattered to a wider range of circle whose result had gradually let to the Tibetan race of the present generation. In the 7th century a famous Tibetan King named Songtsen Gampo united the whole of Tibet and established the Tubo Dynasty.

In the 7th and 8th centuries respectively two princesses from the Tang Dynasty had married Tibetan kings, as a consequence the two peoples, the Hans and Tibetans, became closer in relationship and further exchanges took place within political and economical affairs between the Tubo and Tang dynasties which gave creation to a beneficial condition for the development of the Tubo society. Tibet fell into a decentralization period for over three hundred years since the fall of the Tubo Dynasty caused by inner revolt of the common people. During these period the Tubo society took a change over from the slave society to the feudal society. In the mid-13th century Tibet became subject to the Yuan Dynasty, whose central administration, passed the power to the Sakya for the overlordship of Tibet.

In the latter part of the Yuan Dynasty, the Sakya's rule over Tibet tottered and the Kagyupa Sect overtook the power and established Pagdu Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and at the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the 5th Dalai Lama by the help of the Mongolian prince, Gorshi Khan, became the ruler of Tibet and established the Ganden Podrang administration which was recognized by the Qing central administration. The Central Administration of China, the Qing Dynasty, gave the overlordship of Tibet to the 5th Dalai Lama and established its representative in Lhasa called the "Amban" to supervise political affairs of Tibet in order tostrengthen its control over Tibet. After 1911 Revolution the Republic of China established a working office in Lhasa to exercise its management over Tibet. In May 1951 People's Republic of China declared Tibet as its autonomous Region and took complete control over Tibet.

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