Claim: Drogön Chögyal Phagpa was an ordinary civilian during the Mongolian Empire, where the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs was still non-existent.
Evidence: In 1264, Kublai Khan established the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs. He was also the first Imperial Preceptor of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty, division of the Mongol Empire, and was concurrently named the director of the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs.