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The year before Vanaratna arrived in Tibet for the second time the Pakmodru ruler Drakpa Gyeltsen had passed away, and his nephew Drakpa Jungne (grags pa 'byung gnas, 1414-1446) had ascended the throne following a power struggle with his own father, Chesa Sanggye Gyeltsen (che sa sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan, 1389-1457), Drakpa Gyeltsen's younger brother. This event is considered by historians as the beginning of the decline of the Pakmodru regime.6 On his way to Lhasa for the second time, Vanaratna was welcomed by the lords of the family that would ultimately replace the Pakmodru dynasty: the Rinpung family based in Shigatse at the Samdrubtse Fortress (bsam grub rtse rdzong). ...
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