Maryul

Maryul, later called Ladakh, was a Tibetan kingdom based at Shey in the upper Indus valley. Its first dynasty ruled the western Himalayan kingdom until 1460.

In 1460 Lhachen Bhagan seized the throne and founded the Namgyal dynasty. Sengge Namgyal built Leh Palace and Hemis monastery and annexed Guge in the 1630s. The ensuing Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal War ended with the 1684 Treaty of Tingmosgang, which left Guge, Purang and Rudok to Tibet. In 1834 Dogra general Zorawar Singh invaded and made Ladakh a tributary.