Tibet later became a local regime practicing a system of feudal serfdom under a theocracy, and ruled by a few upper-class monks and nobles.

• 由于历史的原因，西藏后来发展成为一个极少数上层僧侣贵族掌权的政教合一的封建农奴制的地方政权，使得藏传佛教文化在一个较长的时期内处于西藏文化的主导地位。