Srong brtsan sgam po

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Khri srong brtsan (ms. PT 1287 l. 84, 247, 288, 435, 446, 454, sKar chung rdo ring l. 4, Peace treaty inscritption l. e23) 

Khri srong rtsan (ms. PT 1288 l. 6, 13, 15, 17, 19, ITJ 1375 l. r1 r4 v1 v5) 

Srong brtsan (ms. PT 1287 l. 95, 301, 307, 327, 435) 

Srong rtsan (ms. PT 1288 l. 8)

Srong brtsan sgam po (ms. PT 1287 l. 299, 455) 

Srong lde btsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 62) 

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

sPu rgyal btsan po 

Period of activity 

VIIth century 

Biographical data 

Srong brtsan sgam po's father was Slon btsan rlung nam (ms. PT 1286 l. 61-62). 

Srong brtsan sgam po's mother was Tshes pong za 'Bring ma thog dgos (ms. PT 1286 l. 61-62). 

Srong brtsan sgam po may have been btsan mo Sad mar kar's brother (btsan po dral, ms. PT 1287 l. 401). 

Srong brtsan sgam po's younger brother was bTsan srong (ms. PT 1288 l. 8). 

Srong brtsan sgam po's consort was Mong za Khri mo mnyen ldong steng (ms. PT 1286 l. 62-63). 

Srong brtsan sgam po's son and heir was Gung srong gung rtsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 62-63). 

When he was young, Srong brtsan sgam po had to face a revolt and his father gNam ri slon mtshan was poisoned (ms. PT 1287 l. 399-302). 

Srong brtsan sgam po's blon che (great ministers) were successively : 

- Myang Mang po rje zhang snang (ms. PT 1287 l. 83-85) 

- mGar Mang zham sum snang (ms. PT 1287 l. 87-88) 

- Khyung po sPung sad zu tse (ms. PT 1287 l. 93-94) 

- mGar sTong rtsan yul zung (ms. PT 1287 l. 101-102) 

- 'O ma lde Khri bzang lod btsan (ms. PT 1287 l. 102). 

Khri Srong brtsan renewed dBa's Phangs to re dbyi tshab's oath of fealty (ms. PT 1287 l. 247-298). 

During Srong brtsan sgam po's reign : 

- the Sum[-pa] realm (sum khams) was vassalised (ms. PT 1287 l. 84-85) 

- the 'A zha [people] was vassalized (ms. PT 1287 l. 306-307) 

- the Zhang zhung kingdom was conquered (ms. PT 1287 l. 433-434, PT 1288 l. 13-14) 

- writing system, law code, measurements etc. were established (ms. PT 1287 l. 451-455) 

Srong-brtsan sgam po lived three years with the chinese princess Mun chang kong co and died [in 649/650] (ms. PT 1288 l. 17).

After Srong brtsan sgam po's death, his grandson Mang slon mang brtsan became btsan po (ms. PT 1288 l. 17-18). 

Titles 

btsan po spu rgyal (ms. PT 1287 l. 288) 

btsan po (ms. PT 1287 l. 299) 

'phrul gyi lha btsan po (Peace treaty inscription l. e23). 

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