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Trisong Detsen

742 - 798

Trisong Detsen

Trisong Detsen (Tibetan: ཁྲོ་སྲོང་ལྡེ་བརྩན། ཁྲི་སྲོང་ལྡེ་བཙན, Wylie: khri srong lde brtsan/btsan, ZYPY: Chisong Dêzän, Lhasa dialect: [ʈʂʰisoŋ tetsɛ̃]) was the son of Me Agtsom, the 37th king of Tibet. As the 38th king, he ruled from AD 755 until 797. Trisong Detsen was the second of the Three Dharma Kings of Tibet — Songsten Gampo, Trisong Detsen, Rapalchen — honored for their pivotal roles in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and the establishment of the Nyingma or "Ancient" school of Tibetan Buddhism. Sowa Rigpa or Traditional Tibetan medicine was developed during his reign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Trisong Detsen is the 4,620th most popular politician (up from 4,843rd in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from China (up from 370th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among politicians, Trisong Detsen ranks 4,620 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sabuktigin, Emperor Ingyō, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Sam Nujoma, and George Read. After him are Fasilides, Moša Pijade, Emperor Shōmu, Antti Aarne, Franz Josef Strauss, and Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria.

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Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
1543 - 1608
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 4,616
Sabuktigin
942 - 997
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 4,617
Emperor Ingyō
376 - 453
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 4,618
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
1831 - 1891
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 4,619
Sam Nujoma
1929 - 2025
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 4,620
George Read
1733 - 1798
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,621
Trisong Detsen
742 - 798
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,622
Fasilides
1603 - 1667
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,623
Moša Pijade
1890 - 1957
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,624
Emperor Shōmu
701 - 756
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,625
Antti Aarne
1867 - 1925
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,626
Franz Josef Strauss
1915 - 1988
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,627
Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
1783 - 1853
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4,628

Contemporaries

Among people born in 742, Trisong Detsen ranks 3. Before him are Emperor Dezong of Tang, and Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. After him is Ludger. Among people deceased in 798, Trisong Detsen ranks 2. Before him is Abu Yusuf. After him is Beatus of Liébana.