Lhachen PalgyigonTemplate:Sfnp (Template:Bo, Template:Circa) was the founding king of the Kingdom of Maryul, based in modern Ladakh.
Palgyigon was a son of Template:Ill, a descendant of the Old Tibetan dynasty, who founded the kingdom of Guge during the Tibetan Era of Fragmentation. He was the eldest of three brothers, the other two being Trashigon and Detsukgon.
Palgyigon is said to have extended the kingdom to the "Kashmir pass" (Zoji La) in the northwest, along what were referred to as the "lowlands of Ngari" (mar-yul of mṅah‐ris). He became an independent king after his father's death. The other two sons of Nyimagon, Trashigon and Detsukgon, also inherited the kingdoms of Guge‐Purang and Zanskar respectively. The three kingdoms together were referred to as "Ngari Korsum" (Template:Bo, "the three divisions of Ngari").[1]Template:Sfnp
The kingdom of Maryul lasted till 1842 when the Dogra general Zorawar Singh, having conquered it, made it part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
References
- ↑ Template:Harvp: "Mnah-ris (Mnga-ris), although now restricted to West Tibet, then referred to the entire territory between the Zoji and Mayum passes."
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