page_title: Guge
hierarchical_section_title: Guge
caption_attribution_description: English: Tibetan Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara), statue made of brass alloy with copper and tin inlay, colored wax, traces of gilding, and applied pigment. Made in West Tibet, Ngari, from the Guge Kingdom, dated between 1000 and 1050 AD. This sculpture was made shortly after the Buddhist leader Yeshe Ö (947-1024 AD) had invited scholars and artists from Central Asian Kashmir to revitalize Buddhism in the Guge Kingdom of Western Tibet. From the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Washington D.C.
context_page_description: Guge was an ancient kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including south-eastern Zanskar, Upper Kinnaur district, and Spiti Valley, either by conquest or as tributaries. The ruins of the former capital of the Guge kingdom are located at Tsaparang in the Sutlej valley, not far from Mount Kailash and 1,200 miles westwards from Lhasa.
context_section_description: Guge (Tibetan: གུ་གེ་, Wylie: gu ge) was an ancient kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including south-eastern Zanskar, Upper Kinnaur district, and Spiti Valley, either by conquest or as tributaries. The ruins of the former capital of the Guge kingdom are located at Tsaparang in the Sutlej valley, not far from Mount Kailash and 1,200 miles (1,900 km) westwards from Lhasa.
caption: A brass alloy statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Guge, c. 1050 CE.
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