Kingdom of Derge
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The Kingdom of Derge was a large kingdom in Kham, whose estate was founded in the 13th century by the Gar Clan of Sonam Rinchen in present-day Pelyul County. The Gar Clan traces its lineage to ministe
"CASTLE OF THE RAJAH OF DE-GE AT DE-GE GONCHEN" (original caption) from Eric Teichman's 1922 book, "Travels of a Consular Officer in Eastern Tibet: Together with a History of the Relations between China, Tibet and India"
Lhasa Potala
Dêgê County
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Dêgê County is a county in southern China, which was formerly one of the Kham region's five independent kingdoms - the Kingdom of Derge - but is now administered as a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomou
Kingdom of Derge
…Kingdom became a major center of Tibetan culture, printing, industry, Tibetan Buddhism, and politics, and the seat of its kingdom was in the town of Degé. The kings of Derge belonged to the 1300-year old Gar Clan lineage, At its height, the population of the kingdom consisted of 12–15,000 families…
Dzongsar Monastery
1 Seda facing south