Deep History of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas: Highlands, Valleys, and Connected Worlds
Yarlung and Chongye valleys · Profil avec revue des sources

Chongye and Tibetan imperial burial landscapes

Chongye ('Phyong rgyas)

Royal and regional burial mounds reveal the scale of elite commemoration and mobilized labor. Survey places Chongye within a wider landscape rather than treating it as the whole empire.

Imperial-period mortuary and political-landscape context Primarily seventh-ninth centuries CE; wider mound tradition earlier and later Mound survey, landscape documentation, material comparisons, inscriptions, and critically situated historical sources Chongye royal tomb landscape (approximate archaeological orientation point); approximate orientation only, never a territorial, ethnic, linguistic, religious, cultural, or sovereignty boundary.
Aperçu

Paysages de hauts plateaux, communautés e institutions cambiantes

Plateaux, vallées et paysages régionaux connectés

The core valleys were connected to a much wider political network. Burial concentrations mark commemorative choices, not immutable borders.

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

Imperial rulers, aristocratic lineages, and regional elites organized power and labor; their claims did not make all subjects culturally or linguistically identical.

Transformation ultérieure, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

Landscape studies have expanded beyond famous royal tombs. Sacred places and human remains require sensitive treatment rather than spectacle or racial classification.

Political context imperial centuries around the seventh-ninth CE

Regional tombs extend the evidence beyond the ruling family.

Source review: 2026-10-19 [S1]
Earlier practice mound burial predates the empire

The project places examples at least in the fourth century CE while noting uncertainty.

Source review: 2026-10-19 [S2]
Representation elite-heavy evidence

Research discusses different social levels without making burial wealth a complete census.

Source review: 2026-10-19 [S3]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  1. Earlier mound traditions

    Project research identifies pre-imperial examples; origins remain uncertain.

  2. Imperial commemorative landscapes

    Royal and regional monumental graves were constructed.

  3. Tradition changes

    The project places the end of the central Tibetan mound tradition around this period.

  4. Wider documentation

    Institutional reporting and a published site map broaden the comparative record.

Culture et langue

Foyers, travail, langue, croyances et éléments probants matériels

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

  • Old Tibetan in related imperial inscriptions and texts

Famille linguistique: Written Tibetan evidence does not identify every subject's spoken language

Monuments record labor and status as well as royal memory.

The beginning and end of a burial tradition need not match a dynasty exactly.

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Revisión editorial: 19 octobre 2026