Trokyap Explained

Native Name:ཁྲོ་སྐྱབས།
Conventional Long Name:Chiefdom of Trokyap
Common Name:Trokyap
Status:Chiefdom under the Chinese Tusi system
Year Start:1700
Year End:1952
S1:China
Capital:Trokyap (in present day Guanyinqiao, Jinchuan County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan)
Common Languages:Khroskyabs
Government Type:Monarchy
Title Leader:Trokyapo
Today:China

Trokyap or Chuosi was a Gyalrong Tibetan kingdom located in today's southern Zamthang County and north of Jinchuan County of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province of China. It was one of the 18 Gyalrong kingdoms. In 1700, it submitted to the Qing rule and its leader received the title "Pacification Commissioner" (Anfusi, 安抚司).[1] It regained autonomy after the Xinhai Revolution in 1912. In the late 1930s, the nationalist Kuomintang government placed it under Xikang jurisdiction. The kingdom was abolished by the Chinese Government in 1952.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trokyap . Mandala Collections.
  2. Book: Fabienne . Jagou . Stéphane . Gros . 2019 . Frontier Tibet. Patterns of Change in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands . Amsterdam . Amsterdam University Press . 338 . 978 94 6372 871 3.