Maizhokunggar County
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Maizhokunggar County or Meldro Gungkar County is a county of Lhasa and east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet Autonomous Region. It has an area of 5,492 square kilometres with an average elevatio
View from Drigung monastery
Drigung Monastery in the east of the county
Potala palace 21
Songtsen Gampo
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Songtsen Gampo was the 33rd King 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
Maizhokunggar County
…Palace, in the Gyama Gully in the south of the county, was built by Namri Songtsen in the 6th century after he had gained control of the area from Supi. Songtsän Gampo, his son, was born in the palace. The traces of the mountainside palace indicate that it was an impressive complex. Three more recent white pagodas…
Statue of King Songtsen Gampo on horseback in front of the Songtsen Library in Dehradun, India
The Songtsen Library in Dehradun, India, collects, preserves and makes accessible ancient Tibetan and Himalayan religious, cultural and historical documents.
The burial mound of Songtsen Gampo surrounded by cultivated fields (Chyongye Valley, 1949)
Songtsen Gampo (center), Bhrikuti Devi of Nepal (left) and Princess Wencheng (right)