Tibetans believe that it was Songtsen Gampo who promoted Tibet's technical and social progress by establishing his capital at Lhasa and building the powerful Tibetan Empire, and whose main building strategy was purposely to seek ways to introduce new cultures into his kingdom.
Tibetanerne mener, at det var songtsän gampo, der fremmer Tibets tekniske og sociale fremskridt ved at etablere sin hovedstad i Lhasa og opbygge det magtfulde tibetanske imperium, og hvis byggestrategi med vilje var at søge måder at introducere nye kulturer ind i hans rige.