A Remarkable Child Who Connected Nepal to the Buddhist World

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Nepal honoured Bhrikuti, Bhelsa Tritsun in Tibetan, who was married to Tibet’s 33rd Yarlung Dynasty King Songtsen Gampo, the founder of the 7th to 9th century Tibetan empire, as a National Luminary in 1955 for being a bearer of Nepal’s Buddhist culture and a symbol of peace, but then removed her from the list in 2017, ostensibly due to lack of sufficient historical records about her in the country’s archives. Now, as a case is sought to be made to restore her status with a twist to colour her contributions in light of Kathmandu’s current One China policy stand, Biswo Ulak* gives an account of her as a real historical ...

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