- the
hands of the monks. The 13th
Dalai Lama was born in the
village of
Thakpo Langdun, one day by car, south-east from Lhasa, and near Sam-ye Monastery...
- 1912, died of
leukemia (b. 1854).[citation needed] The 13th
Dalai Lama,
Thakpo Langdun,
declared Tibet independent of the
Republic of China. The Buddhist...