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Tibetan empire

Tibetan Empire
Bod བོད་
618–842


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Map of the Tibetan empire at its greatest extent between the 780s and the 790s CE.
Capital Lhasa, Pho brang (mobile court encampment)
Languages Tibetan languages
Religion Tibetan Buddhism, Bön
Government Monarchy
Tsenpo (Emperor)
 •  618–650 Songtsän Gampo (first)
 •  756–797 Trisong Detsen
 •  815–838 Ralpacan
 •  838–842 Langdarma (last)
Lönchen (Great Minister)
 •  652–667 Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
 •  685–699 Gar Trinring Tsendro
 •  782?–783 Nganlam Takdra Lukhong
 •  783–796 Nanam Shang Gyaltsen Lhanang
Banchenpo (Monk Minister)
 •  798–? Nyang Tingngezin Sangpo (first)
 •  ?–838 Dranga Palkye Yongten (last)
Historical era Late Antiquity
 •  Founded by Emperor Songtsän Gampo 618
 •  Death of Langdarma 842
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zhangzhung
Era of Fragmentation
Today part of  Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 Bhutan
 Burma
 China
 India
   Nepal
 Pakistan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Tajikistan


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The Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོWylie: bod chen po, "Great Tibet") existed from the 7th to 9th centuries AD when Tibet was unified as a large and powerful empire, and ruled an area considerably larger than the Tibetan Plateau, stretching to parts of East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia.

Traditional Tibetan history described the exploits of a lengthy list of rulers. External corroboration is available from the 7th century in Chinese histories, which called the country Tǔbō (吐蕃). From the 7th to the 9th century a series of emperors ruled Tibet. From the time of the emperor Songtsän Gampo the power of the empire gradually increased over a diverse terrain. By the reign of the emperor Ralpacan, in the opening years of the 9th century, it controlled territories extending from the Tarim basin to the Himalayas and Bengal, and from the Pamirs to what is now Chinese provinces of Gansu and Yunnan.


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