7th Dalai Lama
7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso | |||||||
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7th Dalai Lama of Tibet in 18th century thangka art | |||||||
| Title | His Holiness the 7th Dalai Lama | ||||||
| Personal life | |||||||
| Born | 1708 | ||||||
| Died | 1757 (aged 48–49) | ||||||
| Religious life | |||||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug school | ||||||
| Senior posting | |||||||
| Period in office | 1720–1757 | ||||||
| Predecessor | 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso | ||||||
| Successor | 8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 格桑嘉措 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ | ||||||
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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. His collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems.