Tibet+-+Events+and+Leaders

  **Khri-srong-Ide-brtsan (755-797) **
 * Reign marked peak of Tibetan military success, by demanding tribute from China, and the brief capture of it capital, Chang’an, in 763.
 * Was second religious king and champion of Buddhism.
 * Immortalized by future generations of people.
 * Ruled during golden age.
 * Initially banned Buddhism, reversed it in 761.
 * In 763 (20 years of age) invited Buddhist teachers from India and China. In 779 created great temple of Bsam-yas, where Tibetans were trained as monks.
 * Buddhism led to the end of the old type of Tibet. Kings did not like that the country’s spiritual authority endangered their own prestige. They patronized Buddhist foundations, and called their own claims divine manifestations.

 **Mu ne btsanpo (755-799) **   **Khri Ide sroṅ brtsan (799-815) **  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Khri gtsug Ide brtsan (815-838) ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> **<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">9th Century ** <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> **<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Glandar-ma (841–846) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">The reign of Mu ne btsanpo was sparingly recorded
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Under the reign of Ide sroṅ brtsan Tibet engaged in war with multiple Arab powers to the west.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Important Tibetan Buddhist, brought Buddhism to TIbet with others.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Very supportive of Buddhism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Successful raids of China.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Buddhist tradition records a contested succession, but are many inconsistencies.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Chinese histories say Tibetan unity and strength were destroyed by rivalry between generals commanding the frontier armies.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Early 9th century a descendant of the old royal family migrated to western Tibet and founded successor kingdoms there.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">By 889 Tibet was just a collection of separate lordships.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Ordered suppression of Buddhism, Buddhist traditions were disrupted for more than a century.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Tibetan generals on eastern border established themselves in separate territories.
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">The successors of religious kings prospered in their migration to the west and maintained contact with Indian Buddhist universities through Tibetan scholars, notably the famous translator **<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Rin-chen bzang-po ( **<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">died 1055).
 * <span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">In central Tibet, Buddhism suffered an eclipse. A missionary journey by Indian pandit Atisha in 1042 rekindled the faith through central Tibet, from then onward Buddhism increasingly spread influence over every aspect of Tibetan life.

" ** Tibet ** ." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 03 May. 2009 <[|__**http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/594898/Tibet**__]>.
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<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beckwith, Christopher I. Tibetan Empire in central Asia a history of the struggle for great power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the early Middle Ages. Princeton, N.J: Princeton UP, 1987.
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