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'''Songtsen Gampo''' ([[Wyl.]] ''srong btsan sgam po'') (c.605-650) was the first of Tibet's [[three great religious kings]] and was an emanation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteshvara]]. It was during his reign that the first Buddhist temples in Tibet were built. He married the Nepalese princess [[Bhrikuti]] and the Chinese princess [[Wencheng]].
'''Songtsen Gampo''' ([[Wyl.]] ''srong btsan sgam po'') (c.605-650) was the first of Tibet's [[three great religious kings]] and was an emanation of the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteshvara]]. It was during his reign that the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, the [[Jokhang]] and the [[Ramoche]], were built. He married the Nepalese princess [[Bhrikuti]] and the Chinese princess [[Wencheng]].


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 09:22, 29 April 2010

Songtsen Gampo (Wyl. srong btsan sgam po) (c.605-650) was the first of Tibet's three great religious kings and was an emanation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. It was during his reign that the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, the Jokhang and the Ramoche, were built. He married the Nepalese princess Bhrikuti and the Chinese princess Wencheng.

Further Reading

  • Richardson, Hugh E. "How Old was Srong Brtsan Sgam Po" in Bulletin of Tibetology, 1965. 2.1. pp 5–8.

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