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Lhachen Palgyigon (c. 930 – c. 960) (Tibetan: དཔལ་གྱི་མགོན, Wylie: dpal gyi mgon) was the
founding king of the
Kingdom of Maryul,
based in
modern Ladakh...
- The
kingdom had its
capital at Shey. The
kingdom was
founded by
Lhachen Palgyigon,
during the rule of his
father Kyide Nyimagon, in c. 930. It stretched...
- 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...
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Nyimagon later divided his
lands into
three parts. The king's
eldest son
Palgyigon became ruler of
Maryul (Ladakh), his
second son
Trashigon (bKra shis mgon)...
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called Ngari in the
Tibetan language. Nyimagon's
eldest son,
Lhachen Palgyigon, is
believed to have
conquered the
regions to the north,
including Ladakh...
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contributed to Nyimagon's
success in
building a
large kingdom. The
eldest son
Palgyigon is seen to have
expanded the
kingdom to Ladakh,
during the
lifetime of...
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original palace, now in ruins, was
built near the Shey
village by
Lhachen Palgyigon, the king of
Ladakh (then
called Maryul), in the 10th century. The Moghul...
- were
given to his
youngest son Detsukgon,
while the
eldest son
Lhachen Palgyigon became the King of Ladakh.
After that, the
history of
Spiti was linked...
- district), by
Lhachen Palgyigon, the son of the West
Tibetan King
Kyide Nyimagon, in c. 900 AD.
After his father's death,
Palgyigon controlled the vast...
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predecessors unless noted otherwise:
Known Maryul rulers are-
Lhachen Palgyigon (c. 930 CE)
Lhachen Utpala (c. 1110 CE) The
kings of the
Namgyal dynasty...
