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The royal Yabgo palace in Khaplu.

The Khaplu Kingdom (Balti: ཁ་པུ་ལུ།; Wylie: kha pu lu), also known as the Yabgo Kingdom, was an independent kingdom ruled by the Yabgo dynasty. It was located in the Baltistan region on the Tibetan plateau, being the second-largest Balti Kingdom after the Makpon Kingdom. They held control over the trade route to Ladakh along the Shyok River, east of where it meets the Indus. The Yabgo dynasty had strong political and family connections with the royal families of neighboring Ladakh and Makpon, thanks to intermarriages within the royal circles. Read more...