Gusiluo

Gusiluo (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྲས་, Wylie: rgyal sras; simplified Chinese: 唃厮啰; traditional Chinese: 唃廝囉; 997–1065) was a Tibetan king of Tsongkha, in present-day Qinghai and parts of Hexi Corridor. Claimed to be a descendant of Buddha, Guosiluo laid a foundation to a large Tibetan confederacy centered in Zongge (present-day Ping'an District).^[1] The Gusiluo regime built a closed relationship with the Khitans to resist the increasing powerful Western Xia.^[2] In 1099, the Northern Song launched a campaign into Xining and Haidong (in modern Qinghai province), occupying territory that was controlled by the Tibetan Gusiluo regime since the 10th century. ^[3]

See also

• Pre-Imperial Tibet

References

1. The Legitimation of New Orders: Case Studies in World History. Chinese University Press. 2007. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-962-996-239-5. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
2. Wang, Chun Rong (2010), "To Study Gusiluo on the Ethnic Relationship", Yantai University
3. Dunnell, Ruth W. (1996), The Great State of White and High: Buddhism and State Formation in Eleventh-Century Xia, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press