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This article lists the rulers of Tibet from the beginning of legendary history. Included are regimes with their base in Central Tibet, that held authority over at least a substantial portion of the country.

Pre-Imperial Yarlung dynasty

Tibetan Empire

For a more comprehensive list, see List of emperors of Tibet and List of Lönchen of the Tibetan Empire.

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Yuan dynasty and Sakya rulers

See also: List of emperors of the Yuan dynasty

Sakya lamas

Sakya Imperial Preceptors (Dishi)

See also: Imperial Preceptor and Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs

Dpon-chens (Ponchens)

See also: Dpon-chen

Phagmodrupa dynasty

Rinpungpa dynasty

Tsangpa dynasty

Gandan Phodrang and Qing dynasty

Khoshut kings of Tibet

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Dalai Lamas

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Dalai Lamas.

See also: Dalai Lama

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Panchen Lamas

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Panchen Lamas.

See also: Panchen Lama

Dzungar occupation

Qing rule

See also: List of emperors of the Qing dynasty

Gashi and Pholha princes

Qing imperial residents (Ambans)

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Qing ambans in Tibet.

See also: Lifan Yuan

20th century Silöns (prime ministers)

Modern political leaders within China

For a more comprehensive list, see List of modern political leaders of Tibet.

See also: List of leaders of the People's Republic of China

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References

  1. ^ Ancient Tibet: Research materials from the Yeshe De project. Berkeley 1986, pp. 141-78; Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, Tibet. A Political History. Yale 1967.
  2. ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia. Princeton 1987, pp. 226–9; Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, Tibet. A Political History. Yale 1967.
  3. ^ a b c Luciano Petech, Central Tibet and the Mongols. Rome 1990.
  4. ^ Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted Scrolls. [Rome 1949; Giuseppe Tucci, Deb T'er Dmar Po Gsarma. Rome 1971; Per K. Sørensen & Guntram Hazod, Rulers on the Celestial Plain. Wien 2007; Olaf Czaja, Medieval rule in Tibet, Vol. I-II. Wien 2013.
  5. ^ Giuseppe Tucci, 1949; Giuseppe Tucci, 1971; Olaf Czaja, 2013.
  6. ^ Giuseppe Tucci, 1949; Hugh E. Richardson, A Short History of Tibet. New York 1962.
  7. ^ a b c Hugh E. Richardson, 1962; Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, 1967.
  8. ^ Samten G. Karmay, The Illusive Play; The Political Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Vol. 1 (a.k.a. The Dukula), Serindia, Chicago 2014, pp. 403-425
  9. ^ Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, One Hundred Thousand Moons: An Advanced Political History of Tibet, Vol. 2, Brill, Boston, 2010, p. 1133
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