Gyama

Gyama lies in the Meldro country northeast of Lhasa, among the valleys of central Tibet. It is traditionally remembered as the birthplace of Songtsen Gampo, the ruler associated with the rise of the Tibetan Empire in the seventh century. A palace site and a small shrine mark the royal traditions of the valley, linking its landscape to the early kings of Yarlung and the emergence of a united Tibetan realm.