Battle of Five Lamas

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The Battle of Five Lamas was a battle in 1634 in which Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal prevailed over the Tibetan and Bhutanese forces allied against him. As a result Bhutan was united, as today, into a single country.

Sources

• Ardussi, John (2004). "Formation of the State of Bhutan ('Brug gzhung) in the 17th Century and its Tibetan Antecedents" (^{[dead link]}). Journal of Bhutan Studies 11. Archived from the original on 31 October 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081031105040/http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/admin/pubFiles/v11-2.pdf. [1],[2] Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, [3] Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• Dargye, Yonten (2001). History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan (12th to 17th Century A.D.). Thimphu. ISBN 99936-616-0-0. 
• Dorji, Sangay (Dasho); Kinga, Sonam (translator) (2008). The Biography of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal: Pal Drukpa Rinpoche. Thimphu, Bhutan: KMT Publications. ISBN 99936-22-40-0. 

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