Amshuvarma
Aṃshuvarmā (also
Anshuverma,
Amshuvarm) was a monarch of the
Nepali kingdom of
Licchavi between
605 and
621. He is credited with opening trade routes to
Tibet, though he is most famous for one of his daughters,
Bhrikuti, who married a Tibetan ruler named Tsrong-tsong Gompo (King Srong Tsangampo / Srong btsan sGampo). She was instrumental in spreading
Buddhism to Tibet and
China. The Chinese Buddhist monk
Xuanzang, who visited India during the
7th century, described Aṃshuvarmā as a man of many talents.
An inscription by Aṃshuvarmā dated to 607 at Tistung professes the importance of the "Aryan code of conduct" (i.e. the caste system).
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