Event
The Tibetan Empire, seeking an alliance through marriage with Tang dynasty China, launches an attack on Songzhou that is repelled by Chinese forces
638 · 32.64° N, 103.58° E
What the records say
- When
- 638
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 32.64° N, 103.58° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Tibetan attack on Songzhou.
Summary
The Tibetan Empire, seeking an alliance through marriage with Tang dynasty China, launches an attack on Songzhou that is repelled by Chinese forces, but is followed by the marriage of the Chinese Princess Wencheng to Tibetan ruler Songtsän Gampo.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “松州之戰，第一次唐與吐蕃戰爭，松贊干布率軍攻打唐朝羈靡的吐谷渾，唐朝派侯君集、牛進達擊退了吐蕃的攻擊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page