Tang–Tibet Treaty Inscription

The Tang - Tibetan Empire Treaty Inscription (Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་མདུན་གྱི་རྡོ་རིངས་, Wylie: gtsug lag khang mdun gyi rdo rings; simplified Chinese: 唐蕃会盟碑; traditional Chinese: 唐蕃會盟碑; pinyin: Táng-Bō Huìméng Bēi) is a stone pillar standing outside the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The inscription is written in both Tibetan and Classical Chinese, concerning the Changqing Treaty between the Tibetan Empire and Tang Empire in A.D. 821/823.^[1] Amy Heller's book Tibetan Art describes it as one of the most important treaties between the Tang and Tibetan Empire.^[2] Inscription states the relationship of Tang and Tibetan Empire as uncle and nephew of same family. ^[3]

Tang-Tibetan Empire Treaty Inscription

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	唐蕃會盟碑
Simplified Chinese	唐蕃会盟碑
Literal meaning	Tang-Tibet Alliance Monument
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táng-Bō Huìméng Bēi
Tibetan name
Tibetan	གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་མདུན་གྱི་རྡོ་རིངས་
Literal meaning	The stele in front of the Jokhang Temple
Transcriptions Wylie gtsug lag khang mdun gyi rdo rings