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Wikipedia's article on Langdarma, community-edited. States the traditional Tibetan Buddhist account of his 841 to 842 reign as the Tibetan Empire's last unified king, the destruction of Nyingma monasteries and persecution of monks and nuns traditionally attributed to him, and his 842 assassination, credited by most sources to the monk Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje. It also names the modern historiographical dispute directly: reinterpretations published by historians, most prominently Zuiho Yamaguchi's "The Fiction of King Dar ma's Persecution of Buddhism," arguing the anti-Buddhist portrayal is a later chronicle tradition rather than a documented historical persecution.
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used because it is the source that carries BOTH the traditional persecution narrative and the named modern scholarly dispute against it (Yamaguchi), which is exactly the two-sided fact this event records; a source repeating only the traditional account would have been the wrong citation for it. NotesUsed for Langdarma's reign dates, the traditional persecution narrative, and the modern historicity dispute against it.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langdarma
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This source names Nyingma directly: "last unified king, the destruction of Nyingma monasteries and persecution of monks and nuns traditionally attributed to him, and his 842 assassination, credited by most sources to the monk Lhalung..."
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This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 9 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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