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	Marcel Nies
		Songsten Gampo is regarded as the founder of the first royal dynasty in Tibet.
		A special wide belt is depicted at his waist, similar to belts seen on statues of Persian kings from the 3rd century and in portraits of the Kushans in northern India.
		This fine portrait of Songsten Gampo is inspired by the famous large statue known in the Potala in Lhasa.
	www.asianart.com /exhibitions/nies/16.html (577 words)

	Wyprawy do końca świata - Tybet
		In the 7th century Lhasa rose to prominence as an important center of administration, when Songsten Gampo (618-649 AD), a local ruler in the Yarlung valley, continued the task initiated by his father of unifying Tibet in concert with local chieftains.
		Songsten Gampo moved his capital to Lhasa and built a palace on the site that is now occupied by the Potala.
		In the Sakya Monastery with Mongol support in the 13th century emerged a large-scale Tibetan regime and the capital of Tibet was moved subsequently to Nedong and later to Shigatse.
	www.wyprawy.id.pl /tybet/lhasa_m_en.htm (981 words)

	History of Tibet - China History - China
		Songsten Gampo was adept at diplomacy as well as on the field.
		Songsten Gampo moved the court from its traditional seat in the Yarlung valley to the site of modern Lhasa.
		Songsten Gampo's reign not only saw the establishment of an empire, but the development of a script to write Tibetan and the first Tibetan literary works and translations, the creation of a constitution, and the foundations were laid for the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/History_of_Tibet (2998 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But only with the reign of the legendary king Songsten Gampo (608-650 A.C., the thirtythree in the mythical lineage of tibetan kings) of Yarlung.
		In 641, Songtsen Gampo marries the cinese princess Wen Cheng and the nepalese princess Bikhruti Devi, which both devout buddhist, brought for the first time the new religion to Tibet.
		Gampo sends also scholars to India to study the buddhism there and to translate the buddhist texts from Sanskrit into tibetan.
	www.high-himalayan.com /t_his.html (814 words)

	History of Jokhang Temple, Lhasa Tourist Sights - Tibet Travel Information
		First, Songtsen Gampo married the Nepaleae Princess Khidzun and then, twice he sent a minister to Chang’an(present-day xi’an) for a Tang Princess to marry and finally the Princess Wencheng was betrothed to him.
		With the suggestion of the Princes Wencheng, Songsten Gampo constructed the Ramoche Monastery for her to house the statue of Sakyamuni, the gate of the monastery faced east to show the princess’s nostalgia for her homeland.
		When Songsten Gampo built the Ramoche Monastery for the Princess Wencheng,the Princess Khidzun wanted to built a monastery to house the statue which was brought by herself too.
	www.tibettravel.info /lhasa/johkang-temple/history.html (557 words)

	Samye Extension - Royal Mountain Travel, Nepal
		It was from their fortress/palace of Yambulagang that the 33rd Yarlung King, Songsten Gampo, moved his capital to Lhasa and first conceived a Tibetan state.
		It was from here that the Yarlung King Songsten Gampo unified central Tibet in the 7th century.
		The Yarlung kings, including Songsten Gampo, were buried at Chongye, the tombs showing evidence of the pre-Buddhist Bon religion.
	www.royalmt.com.np /tibet/samye_extension.htm (347 words)

	Khyentse Foundation - Patron Kings Series - Part V: Songtsen Gampo
		Songtsen Gampo is the forefather of Buddhism in Tibet.
		Recognizing the value of the treasures that his bride brought to him, as well as the importance of her vision, King Songsten Gampo commissioned thirteen demoness-subjugating temples across the land, built over the demoness's vital organs, ankles, wrists, and torso, forever binding her from wreaking havoc.
		Songtsen Gampo meditated for several years in a cave that is now at the core of Potala palace, and is revered for his great patronage of Buddhism.
	www.khyentsefoundation.org /patronkingsV.html (563 words)

	Highlights of Tibet, sites in Tibet
		Behind the two in front of the Jokhang stand 2 enclosures; one housing the stump of an ancient willow allegedly planted by Songsten Gyampo’s Chinese wife and a stele inscribed with the terms of the Sino-Tibetan treaty of 822 guaranteeing mutual respect for the borders of the two countries.
		The most sacred and active of Tibetan temples, it was founded by Bhrikuti, King Songsten Gampo’s Nepalese bride, on a site chosen by his other wife (a Tang dynasty Chinese princess, Wenchang) as the principal geomantic power-place in Tibet.
		The courtyard in front of the entrance is almost constantly filled with prostrating pilgrims – inside the labyrinth of shrines, halls and galleries are dimly lit by butter lamps and filled with pilgrims and incense and house some of the finest treasures of Tibetan art including a pure gold statue of Sakyamuni.
	www.tibetanexpeditions.com /about_tibet/sites.htm (3678 words)

	Regering /Tibet "the roof of the world"\
		De 32e koning, Namri Songsten, was de overwinnaar van de rivalerende stamhoofden.
		Tibet werd een machtig rijk onder zijn zoon Songsten Gampo.
		Songsten staat bekend als de koning die Tibet tot Boeddhisme bracht.
	library.thinkquest.org /25772/site/dutch/government.html (3617 words)

	Tomb of the Kings Pictures and travel information - China Travel Attraction
		Archaeological discoveries suggest that burial was widespread between the 7th and 9th centuries here, when the Tibetan Gampo kings were buried at the sight.
		It is said that King Songtsen Gampo and the Tang princess Wen Chen, are buried here as well as several other Kings and Queens.
		Songsten Gampo's tomb is the biggest here with a small temple standing on top of it.¡¡
	www.muztagh.com /china-attraction/lhasa/tomb-of-the-kings.htm (417 words)

	Three Dharma Kings of Tibet
		After Songtsen Gampo ascended the throne, he took princess Bhrikuti Devi, the daughter of the Nepalese King Anshuvarrnan, as his consort.
		As for the Jokhang, the temple built by Belsa, it was left relatively intact, though all the other images in it were destroyed except for the Buddha image itself and the image of Gyasa.
		The death of Songtsen Gampo did not interrupt the rapid expansion.
	www.tibet.com /Status/3kings.html (4159 words)

	Jokang Temple Lhasa, Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Songtsen Gampo (traditionally the 33rd king of Tibet, though there are no records to substantiate the entire lineage) lived from 617 to 649 AD and is credited with both the founding of Lhasa and the effective introduction of Buddhism into Tibet.
		In 641, Gampo married his second wife, Princess Wencheng from China, who brought with her two statues of the Buddha.
		In 649 King Songtsen Gampo died and Queen Wencheng, for protection against an expected Chinese military invasion, removed the Jowo Sakyamuni statue from the Ramoche temple and concealed it in the Rasa Trulnang Tsuglag Khang temple.
	www.sacredsites.com /asia/tibet/jokhang_temple.html (1246 words)

	World of Darkschunt
		It was also King Songsten Gampo who initiated the translation of Buddhist canons into Tibetan texts (Kings and Ministers).
		Tibetan Buddhism reached its peak during the reign of King Songsten Gampo, who was the first king to actively promote Buddhism (Kings and Ministers).
		King Songsten Gampo was famous for his two wives, a Chinese and Nepalese princess who were devout Buddhists as well (Kings and Ministers).
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/darkschunt/TibetPaper.html (4181 words)

	Concise Tibet History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Later, to avoid internal opposition from the tribes, Namri Songsten built the Gyama palace.
		Meanwhile, Songsten Gampo strengthened the system of discussing official business with political alliances.
		During Songtsen Gampo's time, the development of the Tubo Kingdom entered a period of great prosperity.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_focus/2005-10/26/content_75002.htm (465 words)

	Tibet Adventures - Place to visit in Tibet
		The Jokhang, which was built in 647 AD by the great king Songsten Gampo, contains the serene and sacred statue of Jowo Sakyamuni, which is believed to be a likeness of the Buddha when he was 12 years old.
		The old earth tombs of the great ancient Tibetan kings, including Songsten Gampo, scatter the plains in the highest royal graveyard in the world.
		Once used as a summer palace by Songsten Gampo, it was converted to a monastery after he moved the capital to Lhasa.
	www.tibet-adventures.com /infos/sightseen.php (1043 words)

	Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
		The present Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, born on July 6, 1935, is regarded as the 14th incarnation of the Buddha of compassion, Chenrezig (the "Seeing-Eye" Lord), who long has been considered to be the patron deity of Tibet.
		Buddhism was introduced to Tibet in the seventh century by King Songsten Gampo, and is the primary religion of contemporary Tibetans.
		While the Dalai Lama in 2001 introduced the first democratic elections for the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamsala and declared himself spiritual leader rather than a temporal one to his people, in the hearts of most Tibetans he remains their leader in every sense of the word.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/GG07Df01.html (1215 words)

	Graveyards of Tibetan Kings: Shannan Attractions, Shannan Travel
		The biggest one is believed to be the tomb of King Songsten Gampo.
		A small temple lies on the top of the tomb, dedicating the statues of King Songsten Gampo, his wives and officials It is said that the tomb is composed of five chapels.
		Many treasures were found in the tomb, such as sculptures of King Songsten Gampo, Sakyamuni and Chenrezi; the golden armor which the king wore in the battles; golden warriors and horses and so on.
	www.warriortours.com /cityguides/tibet/shannan (246 words)

	The Himalayas - Tibet Himalayas - Lhasa and Shigatse
		It was built by Songsten Gampo and before the Chinese invasion of Tibet was the center of the Tibetan government and the official winter residence of the Dalai Lama.
		It was built some 1300 years ago in celebration of the marriage of the Tang princess Wen Cheng and King Songtsen Gampo.
		It houses a golden statue of the Buddha Sukyiamuni brought by the princess.
	library.thinkquest.org /10131/tibet_lhasa.html (201 words)

	Skidmore SFT - Tibet's History
		What China doesn't mention is that at the same time Songsten Gampo** also married a Nepalese princess, securing an alliance with that country as well.
		Nepal is an internationally recognized sovereign state, which disprooves that this event can be used to claim that it began to erode the independent nature of Tibet.
		Rioting with discontent at the slow pace of reforms.
	www.skidmore.edu /studentorgs/sft/history2.html (1135 words)

	Bhakha Rinpoche
		The king was a descendent of Trigum Tsenpo, ruler of Tibet long before the time of the Tibetan empire of Songsten Gampo.
		They were stopped by the river, and lacking boats to cross the strong current, their chief summoned Rigdzin Gampo to cross to their side.
		Rigdzin Gampo approached the river with a single attendant, but they had reversed their identities; his attendant wore an ornate brocade hat, while Rigzin Gampo wore a lotus style hat that had been a terma object found during an earth terma discovery.
	www.tealchemy.org /where/rinpoche/index.html (1656 words)

	Drak Yerpa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Built on a hillside with more than 80 meditation caves, Drak Yerpa is described as the "life tree" or spiritual axis of Lhasa.
		The site had a powerful spiritual heritage, having been visited by Songsten Gampo, Padmasambhava, Yeshe Tsoygel, Padampa Sanggye, and Asisha Before the Cultural Revolution is was the home of several hundred hermits, monks, and nuns.
		Among the caves on the hillside is Chogyel Puk, where Songsten Gampo meditated.
	www.colorado.edu /APS/landscapes/tibet/drak_yerpa.htm (258 words)

	Tibet: A Photographic Tour
		The official winter residence of the Dalai Lama (before he fled to Dharamsala in India).
		built in the 7th Century by King Songsten Gampo; construction of the current Potala was begun in 1645.
		Founded in 650 by Songsten Gampo, the Jokhang is the religious and geographic center of Lhasa.
	www.nickwinter.com /journeys/asia/tibet.htm (249 words)

	Amazon.com: "Songsten Gampo": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She was a Chinese import, a Tang dynasty Chinese princess married to King Songsten Gampo, who by tradition was the first Buddhist ruler of Tibet.
		The figures of Songsten Gampo, King of Tibet (ruled c.
		Lhasa was chosen as the capital city by Songsten Gampo, the seventh- century king who united Tibet as a nation and who established Bud- dhism as the state religion.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Songsten-Gampo (462 words)

	Buddhist View International - GADEN JAM GHON LING; Buddhist View is an internet resource for those interested in or ...
		It was also at this time that the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo married the daughter of the Nepalese King of that time.
		Thus Princess Bhrikuti became Songsten Gampo’s Queen and therefore Queen of Tibet.
		King Songtsen Gampo was believed to be the true manifestation of Avaloketeshwara, the Buddha of mercy.
	www.buddhistview.com /site/epage/2987_225.htm (930 words)

	Eastern Bhutan Tour.
		Visit Kyichu temple one of the 108 temples built in the 7th century by the Tibetan King Songsten Gampo.
		The story goes that a giant demoness lay across the whole area of Tibet and the Himalayas and was preventing the spread of Buddhism.
		To overcome her, King Songtsen Gampo decided to build 108 temples, which would be placed on all the points of her body.
	www.asia-planet.com /bhutan/packagetours/bhutan-eastern.htm (1472 words)

	Attractions in Tibet - Jokhang Monastery, Lhasa
		The oldest part of the temple dates back to the 7th century AD - being one of the two temples built by King Songsten Gampo to house the statues of the Buddha that his two foreign wives brought to Tibet from China and Nepal.
		Legend has it that soon after King Songtsan Gampo and Princess Wen Cheng were married, they joined others to select the site and design the monastery.
		As a symbol of the cultural exchange between the Tibetan and the Han, it was built jointly by Tibetan workers
	www.sinowaytravel.com /lhasa/attractions_jokhang.htm (328 words)

	Sedona Arizona News, Classifieds, Shopping, and Visitor Directory - Sedona.biz
		Born in 1936 in Nangchen Kham, Garchen Rinpoche was recognized and enthroned in eastern Tibet by the former Drikung Kyabgon Zhiwe Lodro.
		Among his reincarnations, Buddhists believe that Garchen Rinpoche has been a disciple of the founder of the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in the thirteenth century as well as the minister of the Tibetan Dharma King Songsten Gampo in the seventh century.
		Garchen Rinpoche was brought to Lho Miyal Monastery at the age of seven and acted as its administrator from the age of eleven.
	www.sedona.biz /garchenbuddhistinstitute.htm (943 words)

	Ani Tsankhung Nunnery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Songsten Gampo built and used the monastery's meditation chamber during the 7th century
		It was built in the 7th century by Songsten Gampo who used its meditation chamber.
		The monastery is a yellow building which lies on the street parallel and north of Chingdol Dong Lu in Lhasa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ani_Tsankhung_Nunnery (159 words)

	Clues to Legendary Tibetan Culture Emerge - www.phayul.com
		Sometime around 600 A.D., the legend goes, King Ligmagya of Zhang Zhung married Semokar, sister of ambitious Tibetan leader Songsten Gampo.
		It was a classic union of state, intended to rid Ligmagya of a potential rival by co-opting him.
		She importuned her brother to rescue her, but Songsten Gampo did better than that.
	www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=3774&t=1 (1256 words)

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