Research about the far ancient Romanian civilization (which goes as far as 20,000 years BC) shows that the Transylvanian plateaux surrounded by the Carpathians mountains was the home for the highly spiritual Hyperborean civilization. Dacian kingdom, i.e., the ancestors of modern Romania, inherited the Hyperborean culture and spirituality, which in an increasingly oculted form survived until last century well protected by the natural fortress of the Carpathian mountains. Customs of Romanian peasants, especially in the remote mountain valleys, can still be traced back to this very ancient spirituality, and Romanian folk music is believed to originate from these very ancient times. One of the main sources of research on the old magical Hyperborean civilization is constituted by the rich Romanian mythology and folklore.

Points of similarity between the ancient Hyperborean Dacian civilization and the Tibetan civilization are striking. Apart of many details of rural customs, we mention:

Hyperborean Dacia was known in the ancient writings as a spiritual religious kingdom, with a sacerdotal organization which strongly reminds of Tibetan kingdom, and with a religion and contemplative tradition which can be understood as close to Tibetan Buddhism.

The meditative Hyperborean tradition survived 2 centuries of Christianity until very recently, sometimes heavily impregnating Romanian Orthodoxy. Until last century Romanian mountains were full of ascets practicing contemplative meditation. Although they were recognized as Christian ascets, their contemplative practice had very little to do with modern Christianity and in substance much more with the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

The concept of sacred geography played a fundamental role in the ancient Hyperborean Dacian civilization, as showed by the late researcher Vasile Lovinescu. In some sense the Transylvanian plateaux reminds us of Tibet, but at a rather smaller scale. In ancient times Carpathians mountains might have provided the same protection as Central Asia mountains provided for Tibet until last century. Dacians had a very strong tradition of holy mountains whose traces survive until today, making Romania seem (from this point of view) more like Tibet or Japan than as a European country.

Among the many common points between ancient Romanian mythology and Tibetan tradition we mention Romanian versions of Bardo Thodol and clear references in the Romanian mythology to the Shambhala myth and warriorship tradition. Some researchers argue that even the name "Romanian" comes from the Hyperborean Shambhala myth.

There are many researchers on far ancient Romanian civilization, this very brief text is based on works by Vasile Lovinescu, Marija Gimbutas, and Nicolae Densusianu.