Princess Wencheng
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Princess Wencheng was a princess and member of a minor branch of the imperial clan of the Tang dynasty, who married King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire in 641. She is also known by the name Gyas
Princess Wencheng
Ramoche Gonpa, Wencheng's legacy, built originally to house the statue Jowo Shakyamuni Rinpoche
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
Princess Wencheng
…Tibetan: མུན་ཆང་ཀོང་ཅོ, Wylie: mun chang kong co) was a princess and member of a minor branch of the imperial clan of the Tang dynasty, who married King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire in 641. She is also known by the name Gyasa or "Chinese wife" in Tibet. Both Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo's first wife, Nepali…
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in Dehradun, India, collects, preserves and makes accessible ancient Tibetan and Himalayan religious, cultural and historical documents.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)