Songtsän Gampo

Tibetan emperor (604-650)

Key facts

Reign: 618/629 – 650
Predecessor: Namri Songtsen
Successor: Mangsong Mangtsen
Co monarch: Gungsong Gungtsen (635–640)
L nchen: list Nyang Mangpoje Shangnang , Gar Mangsham Sumnang , Khyungpo Pungse Sutse , Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
Born: Songtsen , ? , Maizhokunggar , Tibet (modern day Maizhokunggar County , Tibet Autonomous Region , China )
Died: 650, Zelmogang, Penyül, Tibet (modern day Lhünzhub County , Tibet Autonomous Region , China )
Burial: Muri Mukpo Mausoleum, Valley of the Kings
Consorts: Belmoza Tritsün , Gyamoza Münchang , Minyakza Gyelmotsün, Litikmen, Mongza Tricham
Issue: Gungsong Gungtsen

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Lhasa
Place of death: Tibet
Child: Gungsrong Gungtsen
Father: Namri Songtsen
Occupation: Tertön
Languages spoken: Tibetan
Religion: Rimé movement
Image: King Songsten Gampo's statue in his meditation cave at Yerpa.jpg

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date of birth: 0617-00-00
date of death: 0650-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Songtsen Gampo (Tibetan: སྲོང་བཙན་སྒམ་པོ, Wylie: srong btsan sgam po) was the 33rd King (Tsenpo) of Tibet from 618 or 629 until his death in 650, and the founder of the Tibetan Empire. The first of the "Three Dharma Kings of Tibet", he formally introduced Buddhism to Tibet and built the Jokhang with the influence of his queen Bhrikuti, from the Licchavi kingdom of Nepal. He unified the Tibetan Plateau, conquered lands adjacent to Tibet, and moved the capital to the Potala Palace in Lhasa. His minister Thonmi Sambhota created the Tibetan script and Classical Tibetan, the first literary and spoken language of Tibet.

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