lettered by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
Religious communities and missions

Tibetan Buddhist hierarchs

Named in 8 sources and maps.

  1. 1476–1478a range
    The Blue Annals
    WGö Lotsawa Zhönnu PelcompilationW129
  2. c. 1607approximate
    The Jewel Translucent Sutra
    WAnonymous biographer of Altan Khanofficial or contemporary recordW158
  3. 1662exact year
    History of the Eastern Mongols and their Princely House, composed by Sagang Sechen Khungtaiji of the Ordos
    WSagang SechencompilationW296
  4. 1667exact year
    China Illustrated by its Sacred and Secular Monuments
    WAthanasius Kircher, S.J.compilationW234
  5. 1699–1700a range
    Voyage round the World, part IV
    WGiovanni Francesco Gemelli CarerifirsthandW239
  6. 1776exact year
    Collections of Historical Reports on the Mongolian Peoples
    WPeter Simon PallasmixedW280
  7. 1804–1805a range
    Benjamin Bergmann's Nomadic Wanderings among the Kalmyks in the Years 1802 and 1803, 4 parts
    WBenjamin BergmannmixedW290
  8. 1819exact year
    History of Buddhism in the Great Land of the Hor
    WJigme NamkhacompilationW151