List of emperors of Tibet
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The traditional list of the ancient Yarlung dynasty's Tibetan kings consists of 42 names. The earliest kings ruled before the Tibetan script was developed; the history of Tibet was thus thus a verbal history and only written after the earliest periods of rule. While there is a lack of contemporaneous biographical manuscripts detailing the lives of the first 26 kings, modern scholars note that the lives of the later ones were better documented.
All of the kings are known as representatives of the Yarlung dynasty, named after the Yarlung Tsangpo and its Yarlung Valley. Their titles are more correctly translated as "chief", not "emperor". The unified Tibetan state is documented beginning with the 31st, the 32nd, and the 33rd kings.
Traditional Tibetan titles for the king include tsenpo ("Chief") and lhase ("Divine Son").
List
In the list the common transliteration is given first, the academic one in brackets.
See also
Pre-Imperial Tibet
Tibetan Empire
List of rulers of Tibet
List of Lönchen of Tibetan Empire
Notes
References
McKay, Alex (ed.). Tibet and Her Neighbors: A History (2003) Walther Konig.
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