Claim: Taklung Monastery, a Kagyu Buddhist monastery about 120 km north of Lhasa, is affiliated with Tibetan Buddhism and was founded by Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal on 1190.
Evidence: The monastery was founded in 1180 (or 1178) CE by Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal (1142–1210), on a site previously inhabited by a famous Kadampa lama, Potawa, who was a disciple of Dromton (1005–1064), Atisha's chief disciple. 
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