The Second Dalai Lama (Gendun Gyatso)
1475 CE–1542 CE · Modern · Tanak (Tanag Sekme), near Shigatse
1475–1542 CE
Gendun Gyatso (1475–1542 CE) was recognized as the reincarnation of Gendun Drup and is counted as the second Dalai Lama, though—like his predecessor—he bore the title only retrospectively, since 'Dalai Lama' was first conferred decades after his death. Born in the Tsang region, he became an influential teacher and administrator, serving as abbot of Drepung, Tashilhunpo, and Sera, and helped strengthen the early Gelug institutions around Lhasa. He is also remembered as a poet and visionary writer. His life and dates are well attested.
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Tanak (Tanag Sekme), near Shigatse
What they did here
DOCUMENTED ORIGIN: born into a farming family in the Tanak area of Tsang and recognized as the reincarnation of Gendun Drup.
About Tanak (Tanag Sekme), near Shigatse
Tanak is a district in the Tsang region of central Tibet, near Shigatse. It was the birthplace, in 1475, of Gendun Gyatso, later recognised as the Second Dalai Lama, who built the Ganden Podrang residence at Drepung.
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- Afonso I of Kongo· –1543 CE
- Manco Inca Yupanqui· –1544 CE
- Cuauhtémoc· 1495 CE–1525 CE
- Babur· 1483 CE–1530 CE
- Vasili III· 1479 CE–1533 CE
- Shah Ismail I· 1487 CE–1524 CE
- Huáscar· 1495 CE–1532 CE
- Askia Muhammad I· –1538 CE
- Cacamatzin· 1483 CE–1520 CE
- Sher Shah Suri· 1486 CE–1545 CE
- Krishnadevaraya· 1471 CE–1529 CE
- Cuitláhuac· 1476 CE–1520 CE
- Henry VIII· 1491 CE–1547 CE
- Atahualpa· –1533 CE
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