The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi 1 Hsia 4), officially the Great Xia (大夏; Dà Xià; Ta 4 Hsia 4), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as Mi …

The Tangut people (Tangut: 𗼎𗾧, mjɨ nja̱ or 𗼇𘓐, mji dzjwo; Chinese: 党項; pinyin: Dǎngxiàng; Tibetan: མི་ཉག་, Wylie: mi nyak; Mongolian: Тангуд) were a Sino-Tibetan people who founded and …

The Tangut script (Tangut: 𗼇𘝞; Chinese: 西夏文; pinyin: Xī Xià Wén; lit. 'Western Xia script') is a logographic writing system, formerly used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the …

The Tangut script was modelled on the Chinese and Khitan scripts. It was apparently devised by one 'Teacher Iri' in 1037 and was used for the translation of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and …

Thanks to Nevsky and other contributors in the field, some ancient Tangut scripts have been translated over the last 100 years, yet the Tangut language is still considered one of the most …

Aug 31, 2018 · The Tangut people—also know as Xia—were an important ethnic group in northwestern China during the seventh through eleventh centuries CE. Likely related to the …

Xi Xia, kingdom of the Tibetan-speaking Tangut tribes that was established in 1038 and flourished until 1227. It was located in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Gansu and …

The Tangut ruler proclaimed his equality with the Song emperor and presided over a major project to translate Buddhist scriptures and have them published in the Tangut language. By the …

Aug 9, 2018 · The Tangut Tripitaka "Sponsored by International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi, and Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen." Includes bibliographical …

The Western Xia Dynasty (1038 –1227) is the Tangut Empire in the Chinese history. Minyak was what Tanguts and Tibetans called the empire. The existence of the state was from 1038 AD …