Polity · 623 CE – 849 CE
Tibetan Empire
བོད་ཆེན་པོ
- Peak recorded area
- 3,856,900 km²
- 830 CE
- Rulers on record
- 6
- from 676 CE
- Data series
- 1
- 639 CE–639 CE
Overview
The Tibetan Empire was centered on the Tibetan Plateau and formed as a result of expansions under the Yarlung dynasty's 33rd king, Songtsen Gampo, in the 7th century. It expanded further under Trisong Detsen and reached its greatest extent under Tritsuk Detsen, stretching east to Chang'an, west beyond modern Afghanistan, south into modern India and the Bay of Bengal. It is referred to as Tufan or Tubo (吐蕃) in Chinese sources.
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Territory
25 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 849 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Known Ancient Places | 5places639 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
Rulers
6 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Tridu Songtsentsenpo676 CE – 704 CE
- Me Agtsomtsenpo705 CE – 755 CE
- Tri Songdetsentsenpo755 CE – 797 CE
- Muné Tsenpotsenpo797 CE – 799 CE
- Sadnalegstsenpo800 CE – 815 CE
- Langdarmatsenpo838 CE – 842 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Pleiades Gazetteer2024 snapshot
Bagnall, R. et al. (eds.). Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places.
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Tibetan Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.