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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Cyrus Stearns, ''King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo'', Snow Lion, 2007 | *Cyrus Stearns, ''King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo'', Snow Lion, 2007 | ||
*Manfred Gerner, ''Chakzampa Thangtong Gyalpo - Architect, Philosopher and Iron Chain Bridge Builder'', 2007 (available online [http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/main/pub_detail.php?pubid=101 here]) | |||
*Tashi Tsering, 'On the Dates of Thang stong rgyal po' in Ramon N. Prats ed. ''The Pandita and the Siddha: Tibetan Studies in Honour of E. Gene Smith'', New Delhi: Amnye Machen, 2007 | *Tashi Tsering, 'On the Dates of Thang stong rgyal po' in Ramon N. Prats ed. ''The Pandita and the Siddha: Tibetan Studies in Honour of E. Gene Smith'', New Delhi: Amnye Machen, 2007 | ||
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Thangtong Gyalpo (Wyl. thang stong rgyal po) (1385-1509) — a famous Tibetan siddha who travelled extensively in China, Tibet and other eastern countries, built numerous temples and metal bridges and founded monasteries at Dergé and elsewhere.
Further Reading
- Cyrus Stearns, King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo, Snow Lion, 2007
- Manfred Gerner, Chakzampa Thangtong Gyalpo - Architect, Philosopher and Iron Chain Bridge Builder, 2007 (available online here)
- Tashi Tsering, 'On the Dates of Thang stong rgyal po' in Ramon N. Prats ed. The Pandita and the Siddha: Tibetan Studies in Honour of E. Gene Smith, New Delhi: Amnye Machen, 2007