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Yangjumie

Yangjumie was the capital of the kingdom of Nanzhao from 779 and of its successors, including the Dali Kingdom, on the plain between the Cangshan mountains and Erhai Lake in Yunnan, China. It lay on the site of the old town of Dali. For nearly five centuries it was the political and Buddhist centre of the region, until the Mongol conquest of 1253.

Mentioned in 5 state histories

NanzhaoDa ChangheDa TianxingDa YiningDali Kingdom

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