The Kingdom of Powo or sPo bo (Tibetan: ཀཿགནམ་རྒྱ་པོ, Wylie: kaHgnam rgya po; Chinese: 波密土王) was a kingdom founded in the 13th century, located in present-day Bomê County, Tibet. The monarchs of Powo were descendants of Drigum Tsenpo, and used the title Kanam Gyalpo (kaH gnam rgyal po) or Kanam Depa (kaH gnam sde pa).[1]

Kingdom of Powo
ཀཿགནམ་རྒྱ་པོ
kaH gnam rgyal po
ca. 1330–1928
CapitalKanam(now Galang Village)
Common languagesTibetan, Tibetic languages
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
ca. 1330
1910
• Restored
1911
• Annexed by Tibet
1928
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tibet under Yuan rule
Tibet
Today part ofChina

The kingdom was annexed by Qing China in 1910, but the King restored it the next year. In 1928, the kingdom was annexed by Tibet.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ THL Place Dictionary - An Overview of Powo
  2. ^ "波密土王的统治". Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-22.