Shey
Sign in to savethumb|Sculptures of Maitreya at Shey, possibly raised by king [[Nyimagon circa 975 AD.]] Shey is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, 15 km from Leh towards Hemis. Shey was founded as the summer capital of Ladakh (then called Maryul), by the king Lhachen Palgyigon in the 10th century, with Leh being winter capital. It was gradually eclipsed by Leh around the 17th century after the growth of Central Asian trade.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shey
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- Village
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- View from Shey Palace 02.jpg
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- View from Shey Palace
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- India#India Ladakh
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- yes
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- Location in Ladakh, India
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- Country
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- India
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- Union Territory
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- Ladakh
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- District
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Leh district
- Elevation
- +3250
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Breathtaking view from Shey palace.jpg
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- History
- Geography
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- Education
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thumb|Sculptures of Maitreya at Shey, possibly raised by king [[Nyimagon circa 975 AD.]] Shey is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, 15 km from Leh towards Hemis. Shey was founded as the summer capital of Ladakh (then called Maryul), by the king Lhachen Palgyigon in the 10th century, with Leh being winter capital. It was gradually eclipsed by Leh around the 17th century after the growth of Central Asian trade.
==History== Towards the end of the 9th century, the Tibetan prince Kyide Nyimagon (Skyid lde nyima gon), a great-grandson of the Tibetan king, Langdarma, established a small kingdom in Guge, which eventually grew to encompass the whole of western Tibet up to the Zoji La mountain pass. His eldest son, Lhachen Palgyigon, is credited with much of the conquest in the northwest. After his father's death, he inherited the region of Maryul ("lowland"), as Ladakh was then called.