Editing History of Bhutan (section)

====Bhutan exclaves in western Tibet====
During the 17th century Bhutan maintained close relations with [[Ladakh]], and assisted Ladakh in its 1684 war with Tibet. Ladakh had earlier granted Bhutan several [[enclave and exclave|enclaves]] near [[Mount Kailash]] in western Tibet; these were monasteries of the Southern branch of the Drukpa sect and so fell under the authority of the Bhutanese Je Khenpo and the Zhabdrung. These enclaves persisted under Bhutanese control even after the rest of western Tibet came under the control of the Dalai Lama and his Gelugpa sect, until 1959 when the Bhutanese enclaves were seized by the Chinese.<ref>{{harvnb|Rose|1977|pp=70, 80}}</ref> In addition to these outposts in Tibet, Bhutan for a time{{vague|date=June 2023}} held monastic fiefs in Ladakh, [[Zanskar]], and [[Lahul]] (now part of India), as well as in [[Lo Manthang]] and [[Dolpo]] (now part of Nepal).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Raven Crown: The Origins of Buddhist Monarchy in Bhutan |last=Aris |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Aris |publisher=Serindia Publications |location=Chicago |year=2005 |isbn=1-932476-21-0 |page=42 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom |last=Aris |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Aris |publisher=Aris & Phillips Ltd. |location=Warminster, England |year=1979 |isbn=0-85668-082-6 |page=249 }}</ref>