A PALACE FIT FOR KINGS AND ARMIES: The “shady” and murderous political foundations and Ladakhi-style aspirations of the Potala Palace(s) in Tibet under Mongolian-Gelug military rule

"After a Tsang uprising against the foreign invaders, an incensed Mongolian leader, Gushri Khan gave orders to execute the [already imprisoned] Tibetan Tsang King, Karma Tenkyong together with his ministers Dronyer Bongong and Gangzukpa. The King was administered the capital punishment ko-thumgyab-pa, which in Tibet is "reserved for upper class offenders". He was put in… Continue reading A PALACE FIT FOR KINGS AND ARMIES: The “shady” and murderous political foundations and Ladakhi-style aspirations of the Potala Palace(s) in Tibet under Mongolian-Gelug military rule