RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Jokhang, History Of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo
30 Mar 2017
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The third turning of the wheel tantra and tibet. The map shows the tibetan empire at the greatest extent, modern tibet is much smaller. Old tibet is bordered on three sides by mountains and the east by fast grass planes in high elevation. At this point in time in tibetan history, its empire is stretched into central asia and china. In medieval tibet, the boarder is right next to china"s tang dynasty capital. At this point they are a very powerful empire. Songtsen gampo (c618 50) ruled over a unified and powerful tibetan kingdom. Two of his wives were buddhist, one the daughter of a chinese king, the other the daughter of a. According to tradition, he had two wives, one japanese and one nepalese, both of which are buddhists. Since the empire at the doors of tang dynasty, they are negotiating peaceful agreements between the empires and one of the ways it happens is through marriage.
