mongolia

In the early 16th century, Dayan Khan and his khatun Mandukhai reunited the whole Mongol nation beneath the Genghisids. In the mid-16th century, Altan Khan of the Tümed, a grandson of Dayan Khan – but not a hereditary or legitimate Khan – became potent. Right after he met with the Dalai Lama in 1578, he ordered the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism to Mongolia. (It was the second time this had occurred.) Abtai Khan of the Khalkha converted to Buddhism and founded the Erdene Zuu monastery in 1585. His grandson Zanabazar became the initially Jebtsundamba Khutughtu in 1640. Soon Mongol rule...