Image: China, 742

Description: The Tang dynasty territory and inspection circuits (道 dào) in 742, according to the Cambridge History of China.
Title: China, 742
Credit: For the background and modern borders (lightly drawn for comparison): File:China blank map.svg. For the main part (eastern part of Longyou 隴右, and all other circuits): Denis C. Twitchett (ed.), The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 3, Sui and T'ang China, 589–906, Part I. Cambridge University Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0-521-21446-9. Map 11 (p. 403): "T'ang China, 742". For the western extent of civil administration: Cambridge History. Map 8 (p. 281): "Kao-tsung's protectorates in central Asia". For the western extent of the empire: Wolfram Eberhard, A history of China, University of California Press, 4th edition, 1977, ISBN 978-0-520-03268-2. Map 5 (p. 174): "The T'ang realm (about A.D. 750)". p. 172 of online 3rd edition See also: History of the political divisions of China for circuit names and Chinese characters. Ethnic groups in Chinese history for more about border entities.
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