Taktsé Castle

Taktsé Castle (Tibetan: སྟག་རྩེ་, Wylie: Stag-rtse ) was a castle located in the Chingwa (Wylie: Phying-ba ) district of Chonggyä (Wylie: ’Phyongs-rgyas ) in central Tibet. According to legend written in the Old Tibetan Chronicle it was home to the kings of Tibet before Songtsen Gampo (604–650) moved his capital to Lhasa. It later became the birthplace of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682), whose aristocratic family had made their home there.

Riwo Dechen monastery, Qonggyai, near the Valley of Kings, Taktsé is on the right, up the hill.

Its ruins remain.[1]

References

Lraleigh (30 July 2006). "Old Historic Tibet with Kevin and Nate". TravelPod.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
Beckwith, Christopher I. The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia. (1987), p. 17, Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02469-3.

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[TravelPodKevinAndNate-1] Lraleigh (30 July 2006). "Old Historic Tibet with Kevin and Nate". TravelPod.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

[2] Beckwith, Christopher I. The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia. (1987), p. 17, Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02469-3.