Transcription: Special Exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist Ceremonial Objects Buddhism was officially introduced to the Tibetan Plateau in the 7th century A.D. As Tibetan priests absorbed Buddhism from India, Nepal and the Chinese heartland, they developed their own profound strain of Buddhist learning through a ceaseless process of demonstration and reasoning. Subsequently, they absorbed further religious elements such as deities, incantations and rituals, resulting in what we know today as Tibetan Buddhism. When the Manchus ruled China, they set up Tibetan Buddhist altars and temples in palaces and other locali ...