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Also spelled:
Srong-btsan-sgam-po
Born:
c. 617, Rgya ma, Tibet
Died:
650
Title / Office:
king (629-650), Tibet
Notable Family Members:
father Gnam-ri-srong-brtsan
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Srong-brtsan-sgam-po Srong-brtsan-sgam-po with his wives Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal (left) and Princess Wencheng of China (right).

Srong-brtsan-sgam-po

king of Tibet
Also known as: Srong-btsan- sgam-po
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Srong-brtsan-sgam-po (born c. 617, Rgya ma, Tibet—died 650) was a Tibetan king (crowned 629) who extended his dominion to include Nepal and parts of India and China and whose reign marked the beginning of recorded history in Tibet. He commissioned a court scholar to create the Tibetan written language using an Indo-European model for the script. Because two of his wives, a Nepalese and a Chinese princess, were Buddhists, he is credited by lama historians with introducing Buddhism into Tibet.

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Tsuglagkhang TempleVisitors outside the entrance to the Tsuglagkhang, or Gtsug-lag-khang (Jokhang), Temple, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Tsuglagkhang TempleView of the upper level of the Tsuglagkhang, or Gtsug-lag-khang (Jokhang), Temple, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Tsuglagkhang TempleView within the Tsuglagkhang, or Gtsug-lag-khang (Jokhang), Temple complex, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

To house the famous image of the Gautama Buddha taken to Tibet by his Nepalese bride, he built in Lhasa, the capital, the Tsuglagkhang, or Gtsug-lag-khang (Jokhang), Temple, which remains Tibetan Buddhism’s most sacred place.

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