52 But then these were not criteria that would have been understood by Gregory or his contemporaries, for whom cities were routinely the places from which power was exercised by bishops or counts, and through which territories were controlled and resources extracted by their rulers. During the ...
According to details re-corded in the colophons, he was active in Gtsang rong and Mal gro, among other places, andwas closely affiliated with the monastic centers of Mtshur phu, Shambhara, Thang skya, andLhun grub rdzong. It should be noted, furthermore, that’Bri gung dpal’dzin is...