Tsangpa

This article is about the specific polity Tsangpa and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a dynasty that dominated large parts of Tibet from 1565 to 1642.

Establishment

January 1566: Karma Tseten founded the new Tsangpa Dynasty which would acquire large parts of Central Tibet.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1614: The Phagmodrupa dynasty was defeated and absorbed by the rival Tsangpa dynasty in 1613.

January 1621: The West Tibetan kingdom of Mangyül Gungthang was conquered by Tsangpa.

January 1627: Ngawang Namgyalm the founder of the Bhutanese state, consolidates control over western Bhutan.

January 1641: By 1640 Bhutan reached its current borders.

Disestablishment

January 1643: In 1642, parts of western Tibet came under the control of the Khoshut Khanate.

January 1643: The Khoshut Khanate was an Oirat khanate based in the Tibetan Plateau from 1642 to 1717.

January 1643: Güshi Khan's reputation as an invincible commander rendered resistance weak. The Tsangpa stronghold, Shigatse, was captured after a long and bloody siege in March 1642.