5th Dalai Lama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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political and religious leader of Tibet
Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1617
Place of Birth: Tibet, China
Date of Death: 02-Apr-1682
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About 5th Dalai Lama
- Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (Tibetan: ???????????????????????, Wylie: Ngag-dbang blo-bzang rgya-mtsho; Tibetan pronunciation: [??`w?`? l?´ps?`? c?`t?só]; 1617–1682) was the 5th Dalai Lama and the first Dalai Lama to wield effective temporal and spiritual power over all Tibet.
- He is often referred to simply as the Great Fifth, being a key religious and temporal leader of Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet.
- Gyatso is credited with unifying all Tibet after a Mongol military intervention which ended a protracted era of civil wars.
- As an independent head of state, he established diplomatic relations with China and other regional countries and also met early European explorers.
- Gyatso also wrote 24 volumes' worth of scholarly and religious works on a wide range of subjects.
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