Recharge your adrenalin, as you are about to take a tumultuous roller-coaster ride through the centuries of Tibetan history. 

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Tibet in the present century was enrage with trials and tribulations that ranged from internal rift to the intrusion of Mao's Red Army. On a brighter note, the 14th Dalai Lama was crowned with a Nobel peace prize despite fleeing his homeland.

For 70 peaceful years Byang-chub rgyal-mtshan (died 1364) and his two successors ruled a domain wider than that of the Sa-skya-pa. Thereafter, although the Phag-mo-gru Gong-ma remained nominally supreme, violent dissension erupted again.

In the 9th century, Buddhist tradition records a contested succession, but there are many inconsistencies; contemporary Chinese histories indicate that Tibetan unity and strength were destroyed by rivalry between generals commanding the frontier armies.

Credible history begins late in the 6th century, when three discontented vassals of one of the princes among whom Tibet was then divided conspired to support the neighbouring lord of Yar-lung.