It is situated on the south-east Tibetan Plateau which included the areas of Yarlung, Kongpo, due south of the future capital at Lhasa. The early history of the dynasty comes largely from a verbal history lineage.

According to verbal history, King Nyatri Tsenpo and his six immediate successors ascended upwards by a "sky rope", so the location of their tombs are not to be found. The tombs of the later kings, from the eighth king