Lingtsang

Lingtsang was a Kham kingdom on the upper Yangtze north of Derge, with its seat at Denkok. Its Gyelpo rulers claimed descent from King Gesar; under Sakya rule its monk-led dynasty governed Domé.

After Sakya rule ended, Lingtsang became independent and received Ming titles in the early fifteenth century. It still held Derge around 1600, but Derge eclipsed it after 1630. The Qing established a pacification commission in 1728; a later attempt to recover lost lands ended in defeat and vassalage to Derge.