Significant763 CE

Tibetan capture of Chang'an

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Chang'an · modern Xi'an · Shaanxi

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

In November 763, exploiting Tang weakness after the An Lushan Rebellion, a large Tibetan army captured the Tang capital Chang'an for about fifteen days, briefly installing a puppet emperor before withdrawing with plunder.

Belligerents2

Tibetan Empire
Tang dynasty

ON THE MAPTibetan EmpireTang Dynasty

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 1

Battle of Changan763 CE

Sources

Wikipedia: Tang–Tibet relations
EBSCO Research Starters: Tibetans Capture Chang'an
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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