Kelzang Gyatso: Biography, Facts and Career
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The 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ, Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho, also spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso) (1708–1757), was recognized as the authentic 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was seen as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and was enthroned after a pretender supported by the Koshut Khan was deposed. The 7th Dalai Lama was widely regarded as a great scholar, a prolific writer and a poet. His collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems.
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- Full name: Kelzang Gyatso
- Born: 1708-09-03
- Nationality: http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/8e08174dd3a4bdee729484b6d8b89c32
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q25249
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Who is Kelzang Gyatso?
The 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ, Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho, also spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso) (1708–1757), was recognized as the authentic 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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Kelzang Gyatso was born on 1708-09-03.
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