The temple of Vajrayogini in the woods on the hill above Sankhu, one of the four Vajrayoginis of the valley, with an image of Ugra-tara (Ekajati), a bronze, a self-arisen stone stupa and a loom said to be Princess Bhrikuti's.
Wikipedia's page gives no founding date. The town below lives on the trade road to Kuti, Shigatse and Lhasa; its oldest inscription is of 538 (King Vamanadeva) and the chronicle says a war was fought at Sakhu in 1242, which is later than this date. The temple stands in 1200 in some form; the present building is not described.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not named for 1200
- Title
- The priests of Vajrayogini
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Sankhu page gives no founding date for the temple.
How things stand that morning
Open.
Wealth
Offerings and the porter-pilgrim trade.
Military
No army is recorded and no number is known.
Patron
Not known; the valley kings.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1242 (later)A war is fought at Sakhu and the Echimis are defeated (Gopalarajavamsavali, as the page reports it).Depends on: Not known; the page gives no cause. Stopped by: Given only as a later event.
Places of note
- Vajrayogini temple: On the hill above the town.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Wikipedia's Sankhu page; the temple's dating is silent.
On the map: A point.
Primary sources for Nepal valley
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Gopala Raja Chronicle, and the Nepalese colophons, Anonymous (chronicle); various scribes (colophons) (the chronicle about 1389; the colophons are contemporary notes of the 11th to 14th centuries). The Nepal valley in 1200 is known chiefly from dated manuscript colophons and short inscriptions, which name the reigning king with the Nepal era year, and from the Gopalarajavamsavali, a chronicle written about 1389 that lists the kings with regnal years.
- History of Buddhism in India and Tibet, Buton Rinchen Drub (Bu ston Rin chen grub) (1322). Optional background. Read online
- The Blue Annals, Go Lotsawa Zhonnu Pal ('Gos lo tsa ba gZhon nu dpal) (1476 to 1478). The fullest Tibetan account of who mattered around 1200, written three centuries later from earlier biographies and lineage records, many now lost. Read online
- The Sakya genealogy, and the works of the Sakya hierarch of 1200, Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen (Grags pa rgyal mtshan) and Sakya Pandita; the genealogy by Ngawang Kunga Sonam (the hierarchs' writings about 1170 to 1250; the genealogy 1629). Sakya in 1200 was ruled by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen, the third of the five founders, with his nephew Kunga Gyaltsen (later Sakya Pandita, born 1182) under his teaching. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.