Ngag-dbang-rgya-mtsho

Dalai Lama
Also known as: Great Fifth

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reign and achievements

  • 14th Dalai Lama
    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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