Piluoge

Piluoge was a Tai ruler who unified six Tai kingdoms in 729 CE, establishing the Nanzhao kingdom in what is now Yunnan province, China. He allied with China to defend against Tibetan aggression and successfully repelled Chinese attacks in 751 and 754 CE. Nanzhao controlled trade routes and became an imperialistic state, expanding into Myanmar and Tongking. The kingdom declined and fell in 902 CE. The Tai peoples, from whom Piluoge's kingdom originated, are a group speaking Tai languages, found across Southeast Asia and southern China. They historically settled along river valleys, practiced rice agriculture, and had a social structure where women held relatively high status.123