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Darma U Dum Tsen (), better known as Langdarma (, "Mature Bull" or "Darma the Bull"), was the last king of the Tibetan Empire who in 838 killed his brother, Tritsuk Detsen, then reigned from 841 until his assassination in 842. His reign led to the dissolution of the Tibetan Empire, which had extended beyond the Tibetan Plateau to include the Silk Roads with the Tibetan manuscript center at Sachu (Dunhuang), and neighbouring regions in China, Afghanistan, and India. He was assassinated by a Buddhist monk Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje.

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Royalty.name
Darma U Dum Tsen
Royalty.title
Tsenpo
Royalty.succession
King of Tibet
Royalty.reign
841 – 842
Royalty.full name
Tri Darma U Dum Tsen ()
Royalty.predecessor
Tritsuk Detsen
Royalty.successor
Era of Fragmentation
Royalty.issue
Tride YumtenNamde Ösung
Royalty.dynasty
Yarlung
Royalty.father
Tridé Songtsen
Royalty.mother
Droza Lhagyel Mangmojé
Royalty.spouse
ManamzaTsépongza Tsen Mopen
Royalty.reg type
Lönchen
Royalty.regent
We Gyaltore Taknye
Royalty.birth_name
Darma
Royalty.birth_date
After 790s?
Royalty.death_date
842
Royalty.religion
Bön

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date of death
0842-00-00
date of birth
0803-00-00
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Darma U Dum Tsen (), better known as Langdarma (, "Mature Bull" or "Darma the Bull"), was the last king of the Tibetan Empire who in 838 killed his brother, Tritsuk Detsen, then reigned from 841 until his assassination in 842. His reign led to the dissolution of the Tibetan Empire, which had extended beyond the Tibetan Plateau to include the Silk Roads with the Tibetan manuscript center at Sachu (Dunhuang), and neighbouring regions in China, Afghanistan, and India. He was assassinated by a Buddhist monk Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje.

==History== Earlier in his life as a Tibetan prince, Langdarma was Buddhist, but under the influence of Wégyel Toré (), he became a follower of Bon, after which he assassinated his brother King Ralpachen, in 838. Following this, he widely persecuted Tibetan monks, nuns, and destroyed their monasteries which were those of the Nyingma school, the only school of Tibetan Buddhism at that time.

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