Zanda, Tibet
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Tholing མཐོ་ལྡིང་ 托林镇 Zanda |
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 Tholing
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| Coordinates: 31°29′03″N 79°48′02″E / 31.48417°N 79.80056°ECoordinates: 31°29′03″N 79°48′02″E / 31.48417°N 79.80056°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Ngari |
| County | Zanda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.3 km2 (0.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,723 m (12,215 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 600 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| • Major Nationalities | Tibetan |
| • Regional dialect | Tibetan language |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 859600 |
| Area code(s) | 0897 |
Tholing (Tibetan: མཐོ་ལྡིང་, Wylie: mtho lding, literally "high place";Chinese: 托林; pinyin: Tuōlín), Toling, Tuolin, or Toding, alternatively Zanda, Tsanda, Tsada, or Zada, is a town and seat of Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, in the west of Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The town was the former capital of Guge Kingdom in western Tibet when it was ruled by Langdarma. Now an isolated military town, it has a well laid out new street, a post office, and telecommunication facilities. The Tholing Monastery, established in 997 AD, is in the suburbs of the town, in the Grand canyon of the Langchen Tsangpo (Sutlej River). Historically, this was an important monastery; the second dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet emanated from it.
Zanda is a Chinese name given to the ancient town known as Tholing, which was once the capital of the Ngari district in western Tibet. The town, the monastery, and Tsaparang, a rocky range with forts, played an important role the history of Tibetan Buddhism in west Tibet. Tholing and Tsaparang were the capital cities of the Parang-Guge Kingdom during the 10-11th centuries when Tibetan Buddhism civilization developed. Tholing was on an important trade route between India and Tibet. The Guge Kingdom fell into ruins by the end of 17th century, after the Ladakh army seized this kingdom in 1630 Zanda is now a Chinese military town.
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