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	Gyasa Bhelsa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		During the period 617 to 698 A.D. Tibet was ruled by the 33rd mighty King Songtsen Gampo of the Yarlung dynasty.
		Songtsen Gampo dispatched one hundred ministers loaded with gold and other presents to the palace of the king of Nepal.
		Songtsen could not make up his mind as to which of his many valiant ministers be sent to China, so he decided to put this matter to the gods.
	www.tibetanarts.org /ghyasa_bhelsa.html (1563 words)

	Tibetan Parliamentary & Policy Research Centre - The Classical Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Songtsen Gampo became king in his thirteenth year and ruled Tibet from 629 till his death in 650.
		Songtsen Gampo was the greatest among the Tibetan kings.
		Songtsen Gampo’s period is rightly considered as ‘Golden Age’ in the history of Tibet since it witnessed all round progress in the country-political, cultural and economic.
	www.tpprc.org /scripts/theclassicalage.aspx (327 words)

	Tibetan Buddhism tibetan-buddhism.com
		In addition Songtsen Gampo built a fortress on Red Hill (the first Poala) for the brides to live in and he built the Jokhang and Ramoche temples in Lhasa to house the holy Buddha statues.
		Songtsen Gampo is said to have sent an intelligent young man, Tönmi Sambhota, to India to collect Buddhist texts and invent a Tibetan system of writing.
		Despite this much later when lamas governed Tibet, Songtsen Gampo, the first 'religious king', was proclaimed an incarnation of the bodhisattva of compassion and the patron saint of Tibet.
	www.psychics.co.uk /tibetanbuddhism.htm (865 words)

	Songtsen Gampo - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Unter Songtsen Gampo schickten je 100 Familien einen Vertreter an den Hof.
		Schließlich verlangte Songtsen Gampo 635 vom chinesischen Tang-Kaiser Tang Taizong eine Prinzessin als Gemahlin, die er nach einem erfolgreichen Feldzug gegen China auch bekam.
		Unter Songtsen Gampo begann der Buddhismus in Tibet Fuß zu fassen, auch wenn es zu dieser Zeit nur wenige Buddhisten gab und ihre Tempel schlichten Kapellen ähnelten.
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Songtsen_Gampo (408 words)

	The Three Ancestral Kings
		The fifth hereditary monarch after Lha Thotori was the religious king Songtsen Gampo, an emanation of Avalokitesvara in the form of a mighty lord of men, who began to rule the kingdom at the age of thirteen.
		Before Songtsen Gampo’s time there had been no proponents in the Land of Snows of a code of conduct in accord with the doctrine, but thereafter the great door of the true doctrine and of theories in accord with the doctrine was opened for the first time.
		So it was that the three ancestral religious kings Songtsen Gampo, Trhisong Detsen, and Re1pacen made the greatest impact on the teaching of the Conqueror in the Land of Snows, and thus were most gracious to its inhabitants.
	www.omura.com /k_lingpa/the_three_kings.htm (3633 words)

	Marcel Nies
		Songsten Gampo is regarded as the founder of the first royal dynasty in Tibet.
		Songtsen looked for models to those empires that manifested the greatest magnificence and stability at the time- the Pala of India and the Tang of China- both in their patronage of Buddhism.
		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)

	China Attractions, China Sightseeing - LandingChina.com
		The temple houses statues of Songtsen Gampo, his wives and his chief ministers and monks who is taking care of the tomb.
		Songtsen Gampo made an outstanding reign and enjoyed so high a reputation among his people that he was believed as a reincarnation of Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, so his tomb is the grandest one.
		Before the tomb of king Tride Songsten, which is close to that of Songtsen Gampo, there is a elegantly carved stele on which Tride Songsten's merits and achievements were inscribed.
	www.landingchina.com /attractions/Shannan/Graveyard_for_Tibetan_Kings/index.htm (365 words)

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		The tall headwear worn by the male Tibetan on the cliff carvings "is a sign of the nobility in ancient Tibet," according to Su Bai, a renowned archaeology professor with Peking University.
		Legends hold that Songtsen Gampo came all the way from Lhasa to meet his fiancee at the Zhaling and E'ling lakes near the source of the Yellow River, north of Yushu.
		Seventy years after Wencheng married Songtsen Gampo and 30 years after she died in Lhasa, Jincheng - another Tang princess - renewed the Tang-Tibet union by marrying another king of Tibet in AD 710 at his request.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/leba-carvings-F.php (1207 words)

	RAIDER.PLANET-TIBET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Early legends concerning the rocky hill tell of a sacred cave, considered to be the dwelling place of the Bodhisattva Chenresi (Avilokiteshvara), that was used as a meditation retreat by Emperor Songtsen Gampo in the seventh century AD.
		In 637 Songtsen Gampo built a palace on the hill.
		The Emperor Songtsen Gampo had been regarded as an incarnation of Chenresi.
	raiderplanet.tripod.com /potala.htm (424 words)

	South Asian Media Net
		In the seventh century an event occurred that was decisive for Bhutan’s history: the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo (619-649) erected the first Buddhist temples, the Kyichu-Lhakhang in Paro and the Jampe-Lhakhang in Bumthang.
		Songtsen Gampo wanted to tame a huge demon whose body covered all of Tibet and its neighbouring areas, which posed a particularly big problem to the spreading of buddhism.
		Songtsen Gampo was said to have magically multiplied himself and to have sent all of his emanations into the various areas of Tibet so as to erect 108 temples in one day.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/Bhutan/civilizations.cfm (551 words)

	Songtsen Gampo Biography,info
		Songtsen Gampo was adept at diplomacy as well as on the field of battle.
		The Chinese princess Wencheng (Tibetan: Mung-chang Kungco), daughter of the powerful Emperor Taizong of Tang China, left China in 640 to marry Songtsen Gampo, arriving the next year.
		Songtsen Gampo died in 650, and was succeeded by his infant grandson Khri-mang-slon.
	music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Songtsen_Gampo (473 words)

	Khyentse Foundation - Patron Kings Series - Part V: Songtsen Gampo
		Songtsen Gampo is the forefather of Buddhism in Tibet.
		As a reminder of the great empire that Songtsen Gampo ruled, a large pillar still stands before the Potala palace in Lhasa, erected during his reign, on which is inscribed the agreement between the Tibetan and Chinese rulers to respect each other's borders.
		King Songtsen Gampo is considered a human emanation of Avalokiteshvara, and he was the grandfather of King Trisong Detsen.
	www.khyentsefoundation.org /patronkingsV.html (554 words)

	Jokang Temple Lhasa, Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		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.
		The events leading to Lhasa's emergence as the sacred city of Tibetan Buddhism begins are associated with the marriages of King Songtsen Gampo to his Nepalese and Chinese wives.
		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)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		Buddhism evolved in Tibet in the early seventh century during the reign of King Songtsen Gampo (581-649).
		Songtsen Gampo took as his wives a Nepalese princess and a Chinese princess, both of whom were devout Buddhists.
		Songtsen Gampo also sent Thonmi Sambhota to study Buddhism in India.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=2205 (1042 words)

	places of particular interest in Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		It was founded during the reign of Songtsen Gampo.
		Statues of the Three Periods of Buddha, the Tibetan king Nyatri Tsenpo, Lha Tho – Tho – Ri Nyantsen, Tri Ralpachen, Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Detsen are all enshrined in the palace.
		It was established by King Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century and belongs to the Gelugpa Sect (Order of Excellence).
	www.mountainvoyage.com /places_outof_tibet.htm (2377 words)

	Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		During the period 617-698A.D. Tibet was ruled by the 33rd mighty King Songtsen Gampo of the Yarlung dynasty.
		The incarnation of Avaloketsvara, King Songtsen Gampo, when once contemplating the scanty hold of Buddhism in the land of snows, decided that the two most holy images of Buddha, Jho Mingyur Dorjee in Nepal and Jho Thukche Chenmo in China, must be brought to Tibet in order for the Dharma to flourish.
		After the festivities, king Songtsen made plans to obtain the Chinese princess and holy image of Jho Thukche chenmo of China.
	www.tibetanarts.org /gyabhel.html (1568 words)

	Jo Khang Temple - an introduction to the Tibet's holiest and most ancient temple - tibet tour cultural information
		King Songtsen Gampo first built a temple here in the mid-7th century, but the structure that we see today is largely the result of reconstruction in the 17th century, commissioned by the Fifth Dalai Lama.
		It is said that upon her husband, King Songtsen Gampo's death, the princess hid the sculpture in the temple.
		The most popular tells of how King Songtsen Gampo tossed a ring from his finger, swearing to build the temple wherever it fell.
	www.imperialtours.net /jokhang.htm (498 words)

	Songtsen Gampo (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Songtsen Gampo is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Jokhang temple was constructed by King Songtsen Gampo in the year 647.
		The Samye Monastery or Samye Gompa is the first Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, constructed in approximately 775 AD under the patronage of King Trisong Detsen of Tibet who sought to revitalize Buddhism which had declined since its introduction by King Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century.
	www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /songtsen_gampo (858 words)

	Blind Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Everyone in Darjeeling was familiar with Songtsen Gampo and his major achievements: the introduction of writing and canonical literature, the codification of state laws, the definition of ranks of ministers, the proper enunciation of rewards for good work and punishment for crimes, the standardization of units, and the establishment of all religious traditions.
		Despite the fact that some of Songtsen Gampo’s taming temples have been destroyed or damaged by the Cultural Revolution, Tibet is not in danger of the demons returning since the building of even more temples and Buddhist sentiment of the people residing throughout the land have subdued them.
		However, the legend of Songtsen Gampo is one of the best-preserved legends among the Tibetan community in Darjeeling.
	www.focusanthro.org /Archive2001-02/blind_faith.htm (10261 words)

	Immortal Beauty
		King Songtsen Gampo (617-649) unified Tibet and conquered parts of China and Nepal.
		Both princesses brought Buddha figures with them to Songtsen Gampo’s court.
		Songtsen Gampo himself was said to be an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara.
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	Concise Tibet History
		After Namri Songtsen, the thirty-second generation of Tubo princes, inherited power, he fortified and developed the Tubo's territory.
		In the early 7th century, Songtsen Gampo, the son of Namri Songtsen, inherited power.
		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)

	Vacation in Lhasa Tibet China with Asian Vacations, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		In 641, upon marrying Princess Wencheng, King Songtsen Gampo decided to build a grand palace to accommodate her and to serve as a memorial to this important event.
		Inside the cave, statues of Songtsen Gampo, Princess Wencheng, Princess Tritsun and his chief ministers are enshrined.
		King Songtsen Gampo¡'s Chinese wife, Princess Wencheng, divined the presence of a subterranean demoness in Tibet.
	www.vacationsinchina.com /Lhasa_attractions.html (6532 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.
		Songtsen Gampo sent seventeen Tibetan students to India to master its languages and through them Buddhism.
		The death of Songtsen Gampo did not interrupt the rapid expansion.
	www.tibet.com /Status/3kings.html (4159 words)

	46) The Jokhang Temple - the spiritual centre of Tibet
		Situated at the heart of the old town of Lhasa, it was founded by Queen Bhirikuti, the Nepalese wife of Songtsen Gampo, the seventh century unifying king of Tibet who made Lhasa the capital of his newly emerged nation.
		Songtsen Gampo erected the protector shrines to safeguard the temple form the elements.
		Renovations of the renowned religious place were undertaken as early as the 8th century by king Songtsen Gampo’s second wife Wencheng and never stopped throughout its long history up to the basic restoration of the damages of the Cultural Revolution, when the temple was reopened in 1979 with only nine monks.
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/Tibet/Lhasa/blog-13759.html (2512 words)

	Highlights of Tibet, Tibet Sightseeing Place, Tibet Highlights, Palace in Tibet, Tibet sites, Monasteries in Tibet - ...
		Behind those in front of the Jokhang stand two enclosures; one housing the stump of an ancient willow allegedly planted by Songtsen Gampo’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 Queen Bhrikuti, King Songtsen Gampo’s Nepalese wife, on a site chosen by one of his other wives (a Tang dynasty Chinese princess, Wenchang) as the principal geomantic power-place in Tibet.
		The main image housed here today is claimed to be the statue of Akshobya brought to Lhasa by Songtsen Gampo’s Nepalese wife, however the image was certainly missing from 1960-83, although could have disappeared much earlier during the Mongol invasions.
	www.royaltibet.com /tibet/highlights.php (2440 words)

	Songtsen Gampo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		King Songsten Gampo's statue in his meditation cave at Yerpa Songtsen Gampo (617-650) is the 33rd king of the Yarlung Dynasty of Tibet.
		Influenced by Buddhism from his Nepalese and Chinese wives, Songtsen Gampo subsequently sent seventeen Tibetan students to India to master its languages and through them Buddhism.
		His consort, Princess Wencheng, who died thirty years later, was repeatedly praised by Tibetan scholars for her wisdom and introduction of Buddhism.
	songtsen-gampo.iqnaut.net (194 words)

	Highlights of Tibet, sites in Tibet
		The temples of Ramoche and the Jokhang were also established at this time to house the Buddha images brought as dowries by Songtsen Gampo’s Nepalese and Chinese wives.
		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.
		The oldest Buddhist shrine in Kongpo, Buchu is one of the four ‘Border Taming’ temples built by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century.
	www.tibetanexpeditions.com /about_tibet/sites.htm (3678 words)

	Australia Falun Dafa Information Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		It was Songtsen Gampo that first established the powerful Tubo Kingdom and became the first Tsanpo (“Tibetan King” in Tibetan) in the Tubo Kingdom.
		The Tubo Kingdom once became so powerful under Songtsen Gampo’s reign that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was willing to marry one of his daughters, Princess Wencheng, to the then Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo in AD 641.
		The three greatest Tibetan Kings, including Songtsen Gampo (6l7-698 A.D.), Trisong Deutsen (742-798 A.D.), and Tri Ralpachen (806-841 A.D.), were all devout Buddhists and did many things to promote Buddhism in Tibet.
	www.falunau.org /insightsArticle.jsp?itemID=1295 (860 words)

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