The first Dalai Lama, head of an order of Buddhist Monks in Tibet, lived in the Tashilhunpo monastery, which he founded. He died in 1474, and was called Dge-‘dungrub-pa.
Since then, there have been many Dalai Lamas. Most of them have had both political and religious power. The fifth Dalai Lama moved his residence to Lhasa, where he had an enormous palace built, called the Potala. From there Tibet was governed by him and his descendants.
In 1959, the Dalai Lama had to flee to India, because he was thrown out of Tibet by the Chinese Communists.
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