7th Dalai Lama

Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1720 to 1757

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.

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