Trisong DetsenDynastyYarlungFatherMé AktsomMotherNanamza Mangpodé ZhitengReligionTibetan BuddhismTrisong Detsen (Tibetan: ཁྲི་སྲོང་ལྡེ་བཙན, Wylie: khri srong lde btsan) was the 38th King (Tsenpo) of Tibet from 755 to 797, succeeding his father Tridé Tsuktsen.
Yarlung dynastyThe Yarlung dynasty (Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་གདོད་མའི་མངའ་མཛད།) was a Tibetan dynasty that existed from 127 BCE to 842 CE according to traditional Tibetan historiography. It produced 42 rulers and gave rise to the Tibetan Empire period from 614 CE to 848 CE, credited to the 33rd monarch Songtsen Gampo, and lasting through to the 40th monarch Ralpachen.
RalpachenHousePugyelDynastyYarlungFatherTridé SongtsenMotherDroza Lhagyel MangmojéReligionTibetan BuddhismTritsuk Detsen (Tibetan: ཁྲི་གཙུག་ལྡེ་བཙན, Wylie: khri gtsug lde btshan), better known by his nickname Ralpachen (Tibetan: རལ་པ་ཅན, Wylie: ral pa chen; c. 802–838), was the 40th King (Tsenpo) of Tibet from c. 815 to 838. He reigned after the death of his father, Sadnalegs, and grew the empire to its largest extent.
Tibetan PlateauThe Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Qingzang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia. Geographically, Tibet is located to the north of the Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent, and to the south of the Tarim Basin and the Mongolian Plateau.
Chang'an34°18′30″N108°51′30″E / 34.30833°N 108.85833°E / 34.30833; 108.85833Chang'an, located in China's Shaanxi Province, was the capital city of several Chinese dynasties, including the Western Han and the Tang, from 202 BC to 907 AD. At various times, it was the largest city in the world. Its name was subsequently changed, and during the Ming dynasty period its modern name of Xi'an was adopted.
Yarlung ValleyThe Yarlung Valley is formed by Yarlung Chu, a tributary of the Tsangpo River in the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region of China. It refers especially to the district where Yarlung Chu joins with the Chongye River, and broadens out into a large plain about 2 km wide, before it flows into the Tsangpo River.
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Songtsen GampoTibetanWylie transliterationSrong-btsan sGam-poTHLSongtsen GampoDynastyYarlungFatherNamri SongtsenMotherDriza ThökarReligionTibetan BuddhismThis article contains Tibetan script. Without proper , you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters.
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Wylie transliterationWylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published it in a 1959 Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies article. It has subsequently become a standard transliteration scheme in Tibetan studies, especially in the United States.
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