Tubo

Tubo (吐蕃、大蕃国) བོད་ཆེན་པོ། Bod chen po
618–842
Map of the Tibetan empire at its greatest extent between the 780s and the 790s
Capital	Lhasa
Common languages	Tibetan language
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism, Bön
Government	Monarchy
Tsenpo (Emperor)
• 618–650	Songtsen Gampo (first)
• 756–797	Trisong Detsen
• 815–838	Ralpacan
• 838–842	Langdarma (last)
Lönchen (Chief Minister)
• 652–667	Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
• 685–699	Gar Trinring Tsendro
• 782?–783	Nganlam Takdra Lukhong
• 783–796	Nanam Shang Gyaltsen Lhanang
Banchenpo (Chief Monk)
• 798–?	Nyang Tingngezin Sangpo (first)
• ?–838	Dranga Palkye Yongten (last)
History
•	618
•	842
Area
800 est.	4,600,000 km2 (1,800,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Zhangzhung Era of Fragmentation Guiyi Circuit Qocho
Today part of	China India Nepal Pakistan

Tubo (Chinese: 吐蕃;, Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, bod chen po), also called the Tibetan Empire, existed from the 7th to 9th centuries. Its first king was Songtsen Gampo. Its second king was Mangsong Mangzan. It controlled the Tibetan Plateau as well as parts of Central Asia and South Asia. They came after the Zhangzhung people, who practiced the Bon religion. The Tibetan empire combined Buddhism with the native Bon religion, and created Tibetan Buddhism. Gampo also helped invent the Tibetan alphabet during this time.