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Lhachen Gyalpo (ལྷ་ཆེན་རྒྱལ་པོ, Lha-chen-rgyal-po) (c. 1050-1080 CE) was the fifth king of Ladakh. He is mentioned in the Ladakhi Chronicles. During his reign, important buildings like the Likir Monastery were built. He had a "brotherhood" of monks to settle there. He belongs to Nyima-Gon dynasty.

Also, by the three lakes near Gaṅs-ri (Kailash) there were at times a hundred and at other times five hundred recluses staying there and "he for a long time, with untiring zeal, provided with the necessities of life."

Footnotes

1. Francke (1914), p. 87.
2. Francke, August Hermann (1992). Antiquities of Indian Tibet. Asian Educational Services. p. 95. ISBN 81-206-0769-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
3. Francke (1926), p. 95.
4. Francke (1926), p. 95.

References

• *Francke, A. H. 1914, 1926. Antiquities of Indian Tibet. Vol. 1: Personal Narrative; Vol. 2: The Chronicles of Ladak and Minor Chronicles, texts and translations, with Notes and Maps. Reprint 1972. S. Chand & Co., New Delhi.

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