Princess Wencheng
Some scholars there argued he was born in 1027, on the basis of a note in a 19th-century chronicle, the "Mdo smad chos 'byung" by Brag dgon pa dkon mchog bstan pa rab. Certain core episodes seem to reflect events recorded at the dawn of Tibetan history: the marriage to a Chinese princess is reminiscent of legends concerning king Songtsän Gampo's alliance marriage with Princess Wencheng in 641, for example. Legends variously place him in Golok,