misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. Songtsen Gampo (Classical Tibetan: [sroŋpʦan zɡampo], pronounced [sɔ́ŋʦɛ̃ ɡʌ̀mpo])...

imperial expansion under the Yarlung dynasty heralded by its 33rd king, Songtsen Gampo, in the 7th century. The empire further expanded under the 38th king...

Emperor Taizong of Tang refused a marriage alliance, the Tibetan emperor Songtsen Gampo sent an army to attack the Chinese frontier city of Songzhou (松州, in...

King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire in 641. She is also known by the name Gyasa or "Chinese wife" in Tibet. Both Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo's first...

him must postdate the 13th century. "According to Tibetan tradition, Songtsen Gampo sent a young man of the Thönmi or Thumi clan, Sambhoṭa son of Anu (or...

son, Songtsen Gampo. He Sieged in Kingdom of Sumpa in early 7th century. The king of southern Tibet, and donated 20,000 households to Namri Songtsen, who...

marriage to Songtsen Gampo must have taken place sometime before 624 CE. Acharya Kirti Tulku Lobsang Tenzin, however, states that Songstän Gampo married Bhrkuti...

in the western part of the Qinghai province. By the mid 7th century, Songtsen Gampo became the leader of the Tibetan Empire that had risen to power in the...

earlier fortress called the White or Red Palace on the site, built by Songtsen Gampo in 637. The building measures 400 metres (1,300 ft) east-west and 350...

general of the Tibetan Empire who served as Lönchen during the reign of Songtsen Gampo. In many Chinese records, his name was given as Lù Dōngzàn (Chinese:...

dominance of the region until it was annexed by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century. Prior to Songtsen Gampo, the kings of Tibet were more mythological than...

to be buried at the site include Songtsen Gampo (the founder of the Tibetan Empire), Nansong Mangsten, Tridu Songtsen, Gyangtsa Laban, Tride Tsugtsen,...

give Songtsen Gampo a distant niece, Princess Wencheng, in marriage. The peace held for the remainder of the reigns of Taizong and Songtsen Gampo. Although...

"House of Religious Science") was the Jokhang's ancient name. When King Songtsen Gampo built the temple, his capital city was known as Rasa ("Goats")[citation...

king Songtsen Gampo. He became the 34th king of Tibet's Yarlung Dynasty, and the second king during the Tibetan Empire era (c. 637-848). As Songtsen Gampo's...

Gungsong Gungtsen (b. 605/617, d. 649/655) was the only known son of Songtsen Gampo (b. 557/569, d. 649/650), the 33rd king of the Tibetan Empire. Gungtsen...

as to whether Central Tibet conquered Zhangzhung during the reign of Songtsen Gampo (605 or 617–649) or in the reign of Trisong Detsen (Wylie: Khri-srong-lde-btsan)...

our political system, developed by the Three Great Dharma Kings (Tri Songtsen Gampo, Tri Songdetsen and Tri Ralpachen) will vanish without anything remaining...

Amadpal Bista is from the direct lineage of the greatest king of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo. Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista was born in Lo-Manthang Palace in Upper Mustang...

bodhisattva's incarnations as early Tibetan kings and emperors such as Songtsen Gampo and later as Dromtönpa (1004–1064). This lineage has been extrapolated...

declined somewhat from its greatest extent under the first Dharma King, Songtsen Gampo. Disintegration continued when, in 694, Tibet lost control of several...

Chang'an. Songtsen Gampo would eventually abdicate and rulership passed on to his son Gungsong Guntsen, but at age eighteen he would die, forcing Songtsen Gampo...

Bhutan, and is said to be one of the 108 temples built by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo in 659 CE on a single day, to pin down an ogress to earth forever. It...

(fl.173?–300? CE), especially in the eastern regions. The reign of Songtsen Gampo (ca.617-649/50) saw an expansion of Tibetan power, the adoption of a...

Temple, an important early Buddhist monastery dating to the reign of Songtsen Gampo, is located in the Yarlung Valley in Nêdong as is Yungbulakang Palace...

1093/acprof:oso/9780195320930.003.0004. JSTOR 30233778. "One of the two wives of Songtsen Gampo, she brought a large image of either Shakyamuni or Akshobhya Buddha...

Padmasambhava, written down by his primary student, Yeshe Tsogyal, buried in the Gampo hills in central Tibet and subsequently discovered by a Tibetan terton,...

personalities First dissemination Padmasambhāva Śāntarakṣita Kamalaśīla Songtsen Gampo Trisong Detsen Ralpacan Second dissemination Atiśa Talika Abhayakirti...

Tibet Songtsen Gampo. His other Chinese wife and Bhrikuti are credited for the introduction and spread of Buddhism in Tibet. Along with Songtsen Gampo was...

himself. He was known as Lonpo Gar, the minister of Tibetan dharma king Songtsen Gampo in the seventh century CE. Garchen Rinpoche was seven years old when...