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Est.: 9 Jan 1995. Last updated: 18 Sep 2012.

Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
and other virtual librarians.

This document keeps track of leading information facilities in the field of Tibetan studies. It is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library and of its specialist subsection, the East Asia WWW Virtual Library. Please register with this page any new resources or mail tmciolek@ciolek.com if you are interested in administering any specific area within this Virtual Library. Your feedback will be gratefully appreciated.

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Tibet
tibetan flag
Other Names & Abbreviations (past/present):
Tibetan: Pö (bod), Kangchen (Gangs can) [= Land of Snows];
Chinese: Xizang [= Western Treasure House];
French: Tibet; German: Tibet; Mongolian: Thubet, Polish: Tybet;
Status: an independent country with a history dating back to 127 B.C.,
occupied since 1949/50 by the People's Republic of China.
Capital: Lhasa
Internet Code: [presently unallocated]
Suggested Internet Code: TI

|| Tibetan Studies Resources Blog || Art, Theatre & Music [archival site] || Databases || Electronic Forums & E-mail Addresses || Flag || General Information || Human Rights || Language, Literature & Software || Maps & Images || Medicine || Miscellaneous Materials || News & Electronic Newsletters || Politics || Religion || Sky Burial Ritual || Religious & Cultural Centers || Travel & Tourism || Tibetan Architecture Documentation Centre (TADC) || Tibetan Studies Bibliographies || Tibet Online Bookstore || Vajrayana Monasteries 600-1200 CE ||

See also

REUTERS News about Tibet

Voice of America (VOA) News about Tibet

See also
The Government of Tibet in Exile
[The official agency of H.H. the Dalai Lama in London, www.tibet.com, UK]
The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
[The official site of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, www.dalailama.com. Site contents: Latest news, Biography, Office, FAQs, Contact, Teachings, Messages/Speeches, Photo Gallery, Schedule]
and
Tibet Online Resource Gathering
[www.tibet.org, USA. Site contents: Non-English Sites (Tibetan, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Flemish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese); Why Tibet? An Introduction; The Barkhor: Mailing Lists, Contacts, Market; Tibet Support Group Global Directory; Campaigns and Urgent Actions; Major Tibet Sites; News, Events, On Tour; Articles, Speeches; Legal and Historical Materials; Tibetan Culture; Human Rights in Tibet; Tibet's Environment; Tibet Women Speak Out; Books, Software, Movies, Photos; Travel in Tibet; Solidarity - Other Struggles; About Tibet Online.]

See also WWW Virtual Libraries dealing with the neighbouring countries/regions:
|| Bhutan (no longer active, see old copies of the site in www.archive.org) || China || Eastern Turkistan (no longer active, see old copies of the site in www.archive.org), || India || Kashmir || Mongolia (no longer active, see old copies of the site in www.archive.org), || Nepal || Pakistan ||

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Tibetan-Studies-L
This electronic forum was established in 1995 by the Australian National University
to provide a world-wide communications vehicle for exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with Tibet. The forum was closed down in early May 2008.
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