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Founding of the Ganden Phodrang government (1642 CE)

Ganden Phodrang (1642 CE): Gelug-led government of Tibet established under the Fifth Dalai Lama with Khoshut Mongol military support.

Tibetan

Overview

After Güshi Khan defeated the king of Tsang in 1642, authority over central Tibet passed to the Fifth Dalai Lama. The arrangement joined religious leadership with civil administration and lasted, in changing forms, until 1959.

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