7th Dalai Lama

7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso
7th Dalai Lama of Tibet in 18th century thangka art
Title	His Holiness the 7th Dalai Lama
Personal
Born	1708 Lithang, Kham
Died	1757 (aged 48–49) Tibet
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug school
Senior posting
Period in office	1720–1757
Predecessor	6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso
Successor	8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso
Chinese name
Chinese	格桑嘉措
Transcriptions
Tibetan name
Tibetan	བསྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
Transcriptions Wylie bSkal bZang rGya mTsho Tibetan Pinyin Gaisang Gyaco

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The 7th Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (Wylie: bskal bzang rgya mtsho; 1708–1757, also spelled Kalzang Gyatso, Kelsang Gyatso and Kezang Gyatso), was recognized as the authentic 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was seen as the true incarnation of the 6th Dalai Lama, and was enthroned after a pretender supported by the Koshut Khan was deposed.

The 7th Dalai Lama was a great scholar, a prolific writer and a poet. His collected works run seven volumes and contain numerous commentaries, liturgical works as well as many religious poems.^[1]