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Zhangzhung

500 BC – 625
Sovereign stateAsia

Pre-imperial kingdom of western and northwestern Tibet, cradle of the indigenous Bon religion, centered near Mount Kailash and the upper Sutlej valley.

Conquered and absorbed by the expanding Tibetan Empire under Songtsen Gampo around 625 CE.

Borders in 250 BC · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Zhangzhung — the shape you scrub through changes in 500 BC · 250 BC.

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