Guge

Guge was a kingdom in the Sutlej valley of western Tibet, with seats at Tholing and Tsaparang. Founded by descendants of the Tibetan imperial house, it came under Sakya overlordship after 1277.

As Yuan power faded, Guge revived and took Purang in 1378. From 1499 it acknowledged the Rinpungpa. In the 1630s rebel commanders called in a Ladakhi army, which took the cliff fortress of Tsaparang and deported the last king. In 1679 and 1680 the Fifth Dalai Lama's government expelled the Ladakhis and annexed Guge.