Songtsän Gampo

Tibet is a perfect getaway for both nature enthusiasts and culture aficionados,especially for those people who love historical figures.Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, today introduces a historical figures to you-Songtsän Gampo- the thirty-third king of the Yarlung Dynasty of Tibet.

Songtsän Gampo was born at Gyama, in Maldro, the son of the Yarlung king Namri Songtsen.He is the thirty-third king of the Yarlung Dynasty of Tibet,Songtsän Gampo was the founder of the Tibetan Empire.He was born in an ox-year.The Tubo people were the ancestors of the Tibetan people,and most of them are farmers or herders.In the early seventh century, Songtsen Gampo gain control of the highland area in the west,then he united the various Tubo tribes,and set Loso(present-day Lhasa) as the capital of the Tubo kingdom.Songtsen Gampo admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty,and he want to form an alliance with Tang Dynasty-the powerful empire in the world.In 641, Emperor Taizong sent his niece Princess Wencheng to Tibet as his bride.Songtsan Gambo loved Princess Wencheng so much,he also build a gorgeous palace for her, which was the predecessor of today’s Potala Palace.

Songtsan Gambo is a great person in Tibet,he unified Tibet,making outstanding contributions in promoting political, economic and cultural development between his Tubo Kingdom and Tang Dynasty.He still lie embedded in the minds of the Han and the Tibetan peoples.Comes and experience this magical world of culture with Explore Tibet Team.