This category comprises families that do not belong either to Tibetan royalties or Lhasa aristocracy but were nonetheless extremely prominent in Tibet, whether in trade and commerce or politics or religion.
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The TBRC RID number refers to the unique ID assigned by the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC.org) to each historical figure in their database of Tibetan literature.