Gaeboo Achyok (original) (raw)

Gaeboo Achyok (r. c. 1660 – 1676) or Gyalpo Ajok (Tibetan: ཨ་ལྕོག, Wylie: rgyal po A lcog, THL: gyalpo achok) was a Lepcha chieftain of a principality based at Damsang, presently in the Kalimpong district of West Bengal, India. Achyok faced active threats from an expansionist Bhutan and formed an alliance with Tibet under the Fifth Dalai Lama to fend his territories. Several wars were fought against the Bhutanese, until he was eventually captured at Daling and executed.