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Songtsen Gampo

604 - 650

Songtsen Gampo

Songtsen Gampo (Classical Tibetan: [sroŋpt͡san zɡampo], pronounced [sɔ́ŋt͡sɛ̃ ɡʌ̀mpo]) (Tibetan: སྲོང་བཙན་སྒམ་པོ, Wylie: srong btsan sgam po, ZYPY: Songzän Gambo; 569–649/650), also Songzan Ganbu (Chinese: 松贊干布; pinyin: Sōngzàn Gānbù), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Songtsen Gampo has received more than 410,617 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Songtsen Gampo is the 1,745th most popular politician (up from 1,802nd in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from China (up from 138th in 2019) and the 81st 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.

Memorability Metrics

410k
Page Views (PV)
66.59
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
41
Languages Editions (L)
8.05
Effective Languages (L*)
2.89
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Songtsen Gampo ranks 1,745 out of 19,576. Before him are Perseus of Macedon, Chiang Ching-kuo, Harthacnut, Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Talaat Pasha, and Sultan Cem. After him are Sergey Bubka, Desiderius, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Fulk, King of Jerusalem, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Hyeonjong of Joseon.

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HPI: 66.59
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Talaat Pasha
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HPI: 66.59
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1459 - 1495
HPI: 66.59
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Songtsen Gampo
604 - 650
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 1,745
Sergey Bubka
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,746
Desiderius
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HPI: 66.58
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Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.58
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Fulk, King of Jerusalem
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HPI: 66.58
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1920 - 2010
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 1,750
Hyeonjong of Joseon
1641 - 1674
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 1,751

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 2. Before him is Abdullah ibn Masud. After him are Chandrakirti, Birinus, and Sexred.