Tsangpa

Tsangpa
གཙང་པ
藏巴
1565–1642
CapitalShigatse
Common languagesTibetan
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism
GovernmentBuddhist theocracy
Monarch 
• 1565–1599
Karma Tseten (first)
• 1599–1611
Karma Tensung
• 1620–1642
Karma Tenkyong (last)
History 
• Established
1565
• Disestablished
1642
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Phagmodrupa dynasty
Rinpungpa
Khoshut Khanate
Ganden Phodrang
Today part ofChina

Tsangpa (Tibetan: གཙང་པ, Wylie: gTsang pa; Chinese: 藏巴) was a dynasty that dominated large parts of Tibet from 1565 to 1642. It was the last Tibetan royal dynasty to rule in their own name.[1] The regime was founded by Karma Tseten, a low-born retainer of the prince of the Rinpungpa dynasty and governor of Samdrubtsé (also called Shigatse) in Tsang (West-Central Tibet) since 1548.[2]

  1. ^ Schaeffer, K.R.; Kapstein, M.; Tuttle, G. (2013). Sources of Tibetan Tradition. Introduction to Asian civilizations. Columbia University Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-231-13599-3. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. ^ Gentry, J.D. (2016). Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism: The Life, Writings, and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library. Brill. p. 127. ISBN 978-90-04-33504-2. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

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