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Songtsen Gampo

604 - 650

Songtsen Gampo

Songtsen Gampo (Classical Tibetan: [sroŋpʦan zɡampo], pronounced [sɔ́ŋʦɛ̃ 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 he established the Tibetan Empire. As 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, conquored lands adjacent to Tibet, and moved the capitol to the Red Fort in Lhasa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Songtsen Gampo has received more than 376,405 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Songtsen Gampo is the 1,808th most popular politician (up from 1,900th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from China (up from 150th in 2019) and the 92nd 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

380k
Page Views (PV)
65.80
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
6.98
Effective Languages (L*)
2.93
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Songtsen Gampo ranks 1,808 out of 15,577. Before him are Marozia, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Hong Xiuquan, and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. After him are François Grimaldi, Karl Hermann Frank, James IV of Scotland, Ernest, Duke of Austria, Benazir Bhutto, and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg.

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HPI: 65.82
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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
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Hong Xiuquan
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HPI: 65.81
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John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
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Songtsen Gampo
604 - 650
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1,808
François Grimaldi
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HPI: 65.80
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HPI: 65.79
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James IV of Scotland
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HPI: 65.79
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Ernest, Duke of Austria
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HPI: 65.79
Rank: 1,812
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HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,813
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
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HPI: 65.78
Rank: 1,814

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 and Birinus.