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
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in Dehradun, India, collects, preserves and makes accessible ancient Tibetan and Himalayan religious, cultural and historical documents.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)
Bhrikuti
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Bhrikuti Devi, known to the Tibetans as Bal-mo-bza' Khri-btsun, Bhelsa Tritsun or simply Khri-btsun, was a Nepali princess from the Licchavi dynasty, and the first queen of King Songtsen Gampo, King o
Songtsen Gampo
…Empire. The first of the "Three Dharma Kings of Tibet", he formally introduced Buddhism to Tibet and built the Jokhang, under the influence of his queen Bhrikuti, from the Licchavi kingdom of Nepal. He unified the Tibetan Plateau, conquered lands adjacent to Tibet, and moved the capital to the Potala Palace in…
Bhrikuti Devi
Jowo Mikyo Dorje moved to the Ramoche Temple
Bhrikuti's legacy—Jokhang Temple in Tibet—founded to house a statue of Buddha Akshobhya which she brought to Tibet
From right to left: Bhrikuti Devi, Songtsen Gampo and Wencheng, Gyantse