Gonjo

Gonjo, called Guanjue in Ming records, was a Khampa chiefdom in eastern Kham, centred on the Gonjo valley. Its ruler was a Karma Kagyu hierarch whose ancestors held the Yuan-era Do-Kham guard commission.

In 1406 the monk Nankar Balsang sent tribute to the Yongle court at Nanjing and was made State Preceptor. In 1407 he received the title Guardian King of the Faith and a golden seal. He died in 1414; his nephew inherited the title in 1415 but left no heir. Under the Qing, Gonjo lay in the Tibetan-administered part of Kham.