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Buddhism; in 639 he married Bribtsun, daughter of Ançuvarman, sovereign of Nepal, and in 641 the princess of Wen ch'eng, daughter of the Chinese emperor T'ai - tsung.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Tz [) u] - ch'eng quickly looted the city, burned down whatever he could, and fled into the west, continually pursued by Wu San-kui.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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