POLITICIAN

Songtsen Gampo

604 - 650

Songtsen Gampo

Songtsen Gampo (Chinese: 松赞干布, Classical Tibetan: [sroŋpt͡san zɡampo], pronounced [sɔ́ŋt͡sɛ̃ ɡʌ̀mpo]) (Tibetan: སྲོང་བཙན་སྒམ་པོ, Wylie: srong btsan sgam po, ZYPY: Songzän Gambo; (601–683 CE, reign 614-648)) was the 33rd Tibetan king of the Yarlung dynasty and the founder of the Tibetan Empire. The first of three Dharma Kings of Tibet, he formally introduced Buddhism to Tibet and built the Jokhang with the influence of his Nepali queen Bhrikuti, of Nepal's Licchavi dynasty. He unified several Tibetan kingdoms, conquered lands adjacent to Tibet, and moved the capital to the Red Fort in Lhasa. His minister Thonmi Sambhota created the Tibetan script and Classical Tibetan, the first literary and spoken language of Tibet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Songtsen Gampo is the 1,584th most popular politician (up from 1,745th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from China (up from 124th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Chinese Politician.

Songtsen Gampo was the first emperor of Tibet and is most famous for uniting Tibet's many tribes and establishing the Tibetan Empire.

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Among politicians, Songtsen Gampo ranks 1,584 out of 19,576. Before him are Ernst Thälmann, Djedefre, Anastas Mikoyan, Anthemius, Christine Lagarde, and Mahfiruz Hatun. After him are Walther Funk, Quintillus, Chlodio, Michael I Rangabe, Camille Desmoulins, and Nero Julius Caesar.

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Ernst Thälmann
1886 - 1944
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 1,579
Djedefre
2600 BC - 2570 BC
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 1,580
Anastas Mikoyan
1895 - 1978
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 1,581
Anthemius
420 - 472
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 1,582
Christine Lagarde
1956 - Present
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 1,583
Mahfiruz Hatun
1590 - 1620
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 1,584
Songtsen Gampo
604 - 650
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 1,585
Walther Funk
1890 - 1960
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 1,586
Quintillus
220 - 270
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 1,587
Chlodio
393 - 448
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 1,588
Michael I Rangabe
770 - 844
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 1,589
Camille Desmoulins
1760 - 1794
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 1,590
Nero Julius Caesar
6 - 31
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 1,591

Contemporaries

Among people born in 604, Songtsen Gampo ranks 2. Before him is Fatimah. After him are Muyeol of Silla, and Oswald of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 650, Songtsen Gampo ranks 1. After him are Abdullah ibn Masud, Chandrakirti, Sexred, and Birinus.