Khri lDe gtsug brtsan

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Khri lDe btsug brtsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 66, PT 1287 l. 348) 

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 66, PT 1287 l. 338, 350) 

Khri lDe gtsug rtsan (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 186, zhol rdo ring inscr. l. s1-2, s9) 

rGyal btsug ru (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 146) 

rGyal gtsug ru (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 150, 153)

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

sPu rgyal dynasty 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Biographical data 

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan's father was Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje (ms. PT 1286 l. 66). 

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan's mother was mChims za bTsan ma thog thog steng (ms. PT 1286 l. 66). 

[Khri lDe gtsug brtsan alias] rGyal btsug ru was born in Dragon year [704] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 146). 

[Khri lDe gtsug brtsan alias rGyal btsug ru's] elder brother was lHa bal pho (most likely his half brother, from a different mother, ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 152).

[rGyal btsug ru's chinese consort] Kim sheng kong co arrived in Ra sa in Dog year [710] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 177, see also ms. PT 960 l. 58-59).

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan was enthroned at Brag mar in Rat year [712] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 185-186). 

The divine emperor of Tibet had faith in Buddhism (ms. PT 960 l. 52 "...dus de tsam na yang bod kyi lha btsan po las dam pa'i chos la dad...")

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan's blon che (great ministers) were successively :

- Khu Mang po rje lha zung [in 705] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 154-155)

- dBa's Khri gzigs zhang nyen [from 705 to 721] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 155-221)

- dBa's Khri sum rje rtsang bzher [from 721 to 725] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 223-237)

- rNgegs Mang zham stag tsab [from 725 to 727] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 237-244)

- dBa's sTag sgra khong lod [from 727 to 728] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 245-249)

- 'Bro Cung bzang 'or mang [from 728 to after 747 ?] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 249-304) 

- 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab [disgraced before 755 ?] (ms. PT 1287 l. 111-112, inscr. Zhol rdo ring l. s.5-s.20).

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan's consort was sNa nam za' Mang mo rje bzhi steng [she was the mother of  Khri Srong lde brtsan] (ms. PT 1286 l. 66-67). 

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan had a son called lHas bon who died at Dron in the summer of Hare year [739] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 281-282).

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan's son and heir was Khri Srong lde brtsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 66-67), born at Brag mar in Horse year [742] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 289-292). 

Khri lDe gtsug brtsan was killed by the disloyal ministers 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab and Lang Myes gzigs [before 755] (inscr. Zhol rdo ring l. s5-s20).

Titles 

btsan po sras (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 150) 

btsan po (ms. PT 1287 l. 349, PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 153) 

btsan pho (zhol rdo ring inscr. l. s1) 

btsan pho yab (zhol rdo ring inscr. l. s8) 

myes (skar chung rdo ring inscr. l. 10) 

rgyal po (ms. PT 1287 l. 338 ) 

bod kyi lha btsan po (ms. PT 960 l. 52, 57)

lha btsan po (ms. PT 960 l. 52, 57)

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