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Ngag-dbang-rgya-mtsho
Dalai Lama
Also known as: Great Fifth
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- In Dalai Lama: History of Dalai Lamas
The next Dalai Lama, Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-rgya-mtsho (Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso; 1617–82), is commonly called the Great Fifth. He established, with the military assistance of the Khoshut Mongols, the supremacy of the Gelukpa sect over rival orders for the temporal rule of Tibet. During his reign the majestic winter palace of the…
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