Yarlung dynasty

The Yarlung dynasty (Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་གདོད་མའི་མངའ་མཛད།) was a Tibetan dynasty that existed from 127 BCE to 842 CE. 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. Ralpachen was murdered in 838 by his brother, the future 41st monarch Langdarma, who in turn ruled for only one year (841–842) until his own murder. The dissolution of the empire occurred by 848.

The early Yarlung dynasty rulers lived before the Tibetan script was created, and their reigns and lives were documented through the lineage of verbal history until c. 650 when in the reign of the 33rd king of the Yarlung Dynasty Songtsen Gampo, the Tibetan alphabet and grammar were created and the royal record keeping of people and events called the Chronicle of Ba began. While some scholars feel unsure of the definitive existence due to the lack of written records before 650, the verbal lineage of Tibetan history is considered definitive for most scholars.

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