Kingdom of Nanzhao

Kingdom Of Nanzhao

Nanzhao, alternate spellings Nanchao and Nan Chao (Traditional Chinese: 南詔; Simplified Chinese: 南诏; pinyin: Nánzhào; Standard Tibetan: Jang) was a polity that flourished in what is now southern China and Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries. It was centered around present-day Yunnan in China.

Read more about Kingdom Of Nanzhao:  Founding and Ethnography, Religion, Expansion, Decline, Overthrow

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