China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhoka Prefecture (Shannan Prefecture in Chinese), Dranang, Samye Gompa, built in the 8th

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century, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet founded by Padmasambhava, stele dating from 779 proclaiming Buddhism as the state religion of Tibet

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