on the throne. Some accounts suggest that his death was an accident due to a slip on the steps of the temple of Maldro, while the Old Book of Tang state that he became sick and was unable to take control of affairs of state and then, later, died.

The latter theory finds support in a damaged manuscript from Dunhuang containing a prayer for the good health of the king. The late Chinese work, the Tongjiangangmu by Zhu Xi (1130-1200), claims that Ralpachen had been