The traditional list of the ancient Yarlung dynasty's Tibetan kings consists of 42 names.Haarh, Erik: Extract from "The Yar Lun Dynasty", in: The History of Tibet, ed. Alex McKay, Vol. 1, London 2003, p. 144. 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.Haarh, Erik: Extract from "The Yar Lun Dynasty", in: The History of Tibet, ed. Alex McKay, Vol. 1, London 2003, p. 147; Richardson, Hugh: The Origin of the Tibetan Kingdom, in: The History of Tibet, ed. Alex McKay, Vol. 1, London 2003, p. 159 (and list of kings p. 166–167).

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".Kirkland, Russell: The Spirit of the Mountain, in: The History of Tibet, ed. Alex McKay, Vol. 1, London 2003, p. 183. The unified Tibetan state is documented beginning with the 31st, the 32nd, and the 33rd kings.

Traditional Tibetan titles for the king include ("Chief") and ("Divine Son").Samten Karmay, in McKay 2003, pg. 57

List In the list the common transliteration is given first, the academic one in brackets.

# Name ReignReligion 1 Nyatri Tsenpo 127 BCE – ???Yungdrung Bon 2 Mutri Tsenpo 3 Dingtri Tsenpo 4 Sotri Tsenpo 5 Mertri Tsenpo 6 Dakrri Tsenpo 7 Siptri Tsenpo 8 Drigum Tsenpo 9 Chatri Tsenpo 10 Esho Lek 11 Desho Lek 12 Tisho Lek 13 Guru Lek 14 Trongzhi Lek 15 Isho Lek 16 Zanam Zindé 17 Detrul Namshungtsen 18 Senöl Namdé 19 Senöl Podé 20 Senöl Nam 21 Senöl Po 22 Degyel Po 23 Detrin Tsen 24 Tori Longtsen 25 Tritsen Nam 26 Tridra Pungtsen 27 Tritog Jetsen 28 Lha Thothori Nyantsen 29 Trinyen Zungtsen 30 Drongnyen Deu 31 Tagbu Nyasig 32 Namri Songtsen 570–618 33 Songtsen Gampo 614–648, 655–660Tibetan Buddhism 34 Gungsong Gungtsen 649–655 35 Mangsong Mangtsen 660–676 36 Tridu Songtsen 676–704 37 Tride Tsuktsen Me Agtsom 705–755 38 Trisong Detsen 755–797 39 Murub or Mune Tsenpo 797–799 40 Mutik Tsenpo (Sadnalegs) 800–815 41 Ralpachen 815–838 42 Langdarma 841–842 Arthur Mandelbaum, "Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje", Treasury of Lives, August 2007Yungdrung Bon

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.