Lato Lho
Latö Lho ( Tib .: la stod lho ; "Southern Latö") was the name of one of the thirteen Tibetan ten thousand communities (Tib .: khri skor bcu gsum ) of the Sakyapa in Tibet from the 13th to the 14th centuries. Century. It was in the greater area of Dingri (tib .: ding ri ) - Shelkar (tib .: shel dkar ) in the west of Sakya and the pass Lamo Talala (tib .: la mo ta la la ) as far as the region of Lake Pelkhü Tsho ( tib .: dpal khud mtsho ). The ten thousand people who were on the opposite northern side of the Tsangpo (tib .: gtsang po ) in the greater Ngamring (tib .: ngam ring ) area were called Latö Chang (tib .: la stod byang ; "Northern Latö").
Sources
The authoritative source for the history of the Latö Lho ten thousand population, which emerged only later, is the chronicle “Shelkar Chöchung” (tib .: shel dkar chos' byung ), completed in 1732 , which has a total of 118 Tibetan foils. It was written by Ngawang Kelden Gyatsho (tib .: ngag dbang Skal ldan rgya mtsho ), a former abbot of the “Shelkar Chöde” (tib .: shel dkar chos sde ). Documentary sources from the time of the principality have not been preserved.
history
Latö Lho was founded around 1265 at the time of the 7th Sakya Thridzin Chögyel Phagpa , by combining small-scale domains and subordinating them to the rule of Gangkarwa Chugpo Thripel (Tib .: gangs dkar ba phyug po khri dpal ). Gangkarwa Chugpo Thripel came from the noble family Shethrug (Tib .: shes phrug ) who were resident in Dingri. The seat of the dynasty was the fortress "Shelkar Dzong" (Tib .: shel dkar rdzong ; "fortress white crystal") founded by Situ Chökyi Rinchen (Tib .: si tu chos kyi rin chen ) in the middle of the 13th century , the ruins of which are still in place can be seen today in Shelkar or “New Dingri”.
Since Gangkarwa Chugpo Thripel remained childless, he adopted a child from an aristocratic family in the Phenpo region north of Lhasa (Tib .: 'phan po ), who became the successor ten thousand leader under the name Masang Shakyabum (Tib .: ma sangs shakya' bum ) (Tib. : khri-dpon ) from Latö Lho.
He was followed in physical succession by the ten thousand leaders Shönnu Wangchug (Tib .: gzhon nu dbang phyug ) and Öser Sengge (Tib .: 'od zer seng ge ), who also bore the title Sakya Pönchen (Tib .: sa skya dpon chen ) and dated Yüan emperors were highly decorated.
The Shelkar Dzong fortress, founded by Situ Chökyi Rinchen (Tib .: si tu chos kyi rin chen ), housed the famous “Shelkar Chöde” monastery, one of the first large monastery schools in Tibet, in the lower area.
After the Sakyapa had lost their dominant position in Tibet, Latö Lho came under the influence of the rulers of Latö Chang from the time of the Situ Chökyi Rinchen. Around 1620 Latö Lho - like the other regions of western central Tibet (Tib .: gtsang ) - was then taken over by the " Tsangpa Desi". At the time of the 5th Dalai Lama (1617–1682), the ten thousand people were placed under the government of Ganden Phodrang (Tib .: dga 'ldan pho brang ). The Shelkar Chöde monastery school was converted into one of the great Gelug monasteries.
See also
literature
- Karl-Heinz Everding & Dawa Dargyay Dzongphugpa: The Tibetan principality La stod lHo (around 1265–1642). The history of the formation of power next to an edition of the chronicle Shel dkar chos' byung . Wiesbaden 2006.
- Alfonsa Ferrari: 'mKhyen brtse's Guide to the Holy Places of Central Tibet . Rome 1958.
- Luciano Petech: Central Tibet and the Mongols . Rome 1990.
- Pasang Wandu, Hildegard Diemberger: Shel dkar chos' byung. The History of the "White Crystal". Religion and politics of Southern La stod . Vienna 1996.