Thonmi Sambhota-The Inventor of the Tibetan Script

If you happen to be in Tibet with absolutely no knowledge about Tibetan culture,Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, today introduces a famous Tibet historical figures to you-Thonmi Sambhota.

Thonmi Sambhota is the inventor of the Tibetan script and author in the 7th century AD.Besides,he is also the creator of Tibetan languageand Tibetan incense.He was born in a small village called Lure located in the Nyemo County of Lhasa.

When he was fifteen years old,he was the fourth of seven wise ministers of the emperor Songtsen Gampohe,and he was sent to India with other sixteen youths by Songsten Gampo(was the founder of the Tibetan Empire) to learn the alphabet and gather information on Buddhism.Then They took along many gold,and overcome the discomfort of the tropical climate,endures difficulties and dangers then arrive India.During the three years,he devoted herself to the study of India culture and Buddhism.When he back home,he devised a script for Tibetan based on the Devanagari model and also wrote a grammar of Tibetan based on Sanskrit grammars,that’s became the original of Tibetan language.

Thonmi Sambhota is great man,he makes a significant contribution to the development of Tibet culture,and he is loved by Tibetan people all the time.Explore Tibet Team,a professional Tibet travel agency,offer earnest invitation to you to Tibet.