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Foundation of Drikung Til
Jigten Sumgon establishes Drikung Til Monastery as a major Kagyu institution.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Drikung in Tibet. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Jigten Sumgon establishes Drikung Til Monastery as a major Kagyu institution.
Sakya and Mongol forces defeat the Drikung revolt and destroy much of its monastery.
Provenance
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