Tsangpa
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Tsangpa () 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. 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.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Tsangpa
- Country.common_name
- Tsangpa <!--
- Country.government_type
- Buddhist theocracy
- Country.year_start
- 1565
- Country.year_end
- 1642
- Country.p1
- Phagmodrupa dynasty
- Country.p2
- Rinpungpa
- Country.s1
- Khoshut Khanate
- Country.s2
- Ganden Phodrang
- Country.capital
- Shigatse
- Country.common_languages
- Tibetan
- Country.religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Country.title_leader
- Monarch
- Country.leader1
- Karma Tseten (first)
- Country.year_leader1
- 1565–1599
- Country.leader2
- Karma Tensung
- Country.year_leader2
- 1599–1611
- Country.leader3
- Karma Tenkyong (last)
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- inception
- 1565-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1642-00-00
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8 sectionsContents
- Superseding the Rinpungpa
- Struggle against the Gelugpa
- Expansion and Mongol response
- Triumph of the Dalai Lama
- List of rulers
- See also
- References
- Literature
Tsangpa () 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. 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.
==Superseding the Rinpungpa==