[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Tibet](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.bo) › [Imperial period (to 842)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.bo.imperial) › སྦ་བཞད # སྦ་བཞད (སྦ་བཞེད) The Testament of Ba Account of the introduction of Buddhism under Khri srong lde btsan ascribed to sBa gSal snang: the invitation of Śāntarakṣita from Zahor and of Padmasambhava from Uḍḍiyāna, the founding of bSam yas, and Kamalaśīla's victory over the Chinese Hwa shang in the debate; the core goes back to the imperial period, the surviving versions to the 11th–12th c. - **Language:** Classical Tibetan - **Date:** 1000–1200 CE - **Author:** [sBa gSal snang](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sba-gsal-snang) - **Place:** Bsam yas (Samye) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Mentions - [Bhāvanākrama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bhavanakrama) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.bo.imperial.sba-bzhed](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.bo.imperial.sba-bzhed) · Pramāṇa