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Sakya Pandita

1182–1251 · 13th century · Also known as Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen

Sakya Pandita, Kunga Gyaltsen, was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and one of the five founding masters of the Sakya school. Famous for his learning in logic, grammar and poetry, he answered the summons of the Mongol prince Köten in 1244 and met him at Liangzhou in 1247, negotiating Tibet's submission to the Mongols. His nephew Phagpa later became Imperial Preceptor to Kublai Khan.

Sakya Pandita
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