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Changchub Gyaltsen

Type Figure Region Tibet Time 1302–1364 Also known as Changchub Gyaltsen、Byang chub rgyal mtshan、章楚坚赞、大司徒绛曲坚赞

Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364), founder of the Phagdrupa regime in 14th-century Tibet;…

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  1. 1302–1328Nedong · LhokhaBorn into the Lang clan, he grew up within the Phagdrupa wanhuh (myriad household) system and was appointed Nedong wanhuh head around 1322, gradually accumulating local military and administrative resources to prepare for a future challenge to Sakya hegemony.
  2. 1328–1354Nedong · LhokhaPromoted to Grand Minister in 1328, amid the political upheavals of the late Yuan he allied with various factions, gradually gaining control of the wanhuh (myriad households) of central Ü-Tsang and weakening the Mongol–Sakya ruling structure that Sakya relied upon.
  3. 1354–1364Lhasa · TibetAfter defeating Sakya forces in 1354 he became the de facto ruler of Ü-Tsang, implementing administrative reforms such as the Sixteen-Code Law, reorganizing taxes and corvée and the judiciary, laying the foundation for a century of Phagdrupa rule over central Tibet.

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