Tibetan Political Landscape of the 1460s

Timeline

1. 1461–1465Nechung (center of the Phagdrupa regime) · Ü-TsangLate Phagdrupa leaders like Langdripelzang could no longer unify all of Tibet; Ü-Tsang was largely run by local nobles and monasteries on their own, and the nominal central authority was further hollowed out.
2. 1463–1470Shigatse (center of Rinpungpa rule) · TsangRinpungpa Kunga Gyeltsen and his successors based in Shigatse controlled the broad Tsang region, cooperating and competing with Sakya, Gelug, and other sects, becoming the most powerful political force of the 1460s.
3. 1465–1470Lhasa and Sera Monastery · Ü-TsangEach sect formed local political-religious units around monasteries and estates; the Gelug, following Tsongkhapa's tradition, continued expanding its scholastic system and monastery network, but had not yet gained dominance over all of Tibet.