1042 AD
Atisha in Tibet
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Tibetan Vajrayana
Atisha arrives from Bengal and his teachings become important in Tibetan lineages; they do not encompass the full diversity of schools.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Dating in the source document
- 1042
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- Met — Himalayan region 1000–1400 (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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