Namri Songtsen

Namri Songtsen
གནམ་རི་སྲོང་བཙན
Tsenpo
King of Tibet
Reignc. 570 – 618
PredecessorTagbu Nyasig
SuccessorSongtsen Gampo
BornUnknown
Tibet
Died618
Tibet
Burial
Gungri Sokka Mausoleum, Valley of the Kings
SpouseDriza Tönkar
IssueSongtsen Gampo
Regnal name
Namri Songtsen (གནམ་རི་སྲོང་བཙན)
DynastyYarlung
FatherTagbu Nyasig
MotherTongtsün Drokar
ReligionBon

Namri Songtsen (Tibetan: གནམ་རི་སྲོང་བཙན, Wylie: gnam ri srong btsan, ZWPY: Namri Songzän), also known as Namri Löntsen (Wylie: gnam ri slon mtshan) was according to tradition, the 32nd King of Tibet of the Yarlung dynasty from 570 until his death in 618. During his 48 years of reign, he expanded his kingdom to rule the central part of the Tibetan Plateau. He also had a good diplomatic partnership with other tribes and kingdoms. His actions were decisive in the setting up of the Tibetan Empire, to which he can be named co-founder with his son, Songtsen Gampo. He had reportedly conquered the Kingdom of Sumpa in the early 7th century.