There were three main feudal social groups in Tibet prior to 1959, namely ordinary laypeople (mi ser in Tibetan), lay nobility (sger pa), and monks. The...

A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle...

The modern social structure of France is complex, but generally similar to that of other European countries. Traditional social classes still have some...

northern areas of China) Southerners (people of the former Southern Song dynasty) There is significant controversy over the social classes of Tibet, especially...

Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Wylie: Bod) was a de facto independent state in East Asia that lasted from the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 until its annexation...

serfdom in Tibet controversy is a prolonged public disagreement over the extent and nature of serfdom in Tibet prior to the annexation of Tibet into the...

since the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China in 1950–51, have been facilitated by a range of economic, social, cultural, religious...

social system compelled marriage within a social class. When the People's Republic of China annexed Tibet, political systems in many regions of Tibet...

Sinicization of Tibet Sky burial Social classes of Tibet Songtsen Gampo Song–Tibet relations Sonam Gyatso South Tibet South Tibet Valley Tangut Tang–Tibet relations...

Chinese state and Tibet. The first debate is about whether or not the various territories which are within the People's Republic of China (PRC) that are...