Tibetan Script and the First Translations

Attributed to Thonmi Sambhota, under Songtsen Gampo · c. 630s-650s (traditional attribution) · Lhasa (China) · other, scripture

composition: contestedauthorship: traditional

An alphabet adapted from an Indic model is created for a language that had none, expressly so that Buddhist texts can be translated, beginning a programme that will preserve Indian works lost in India.