Je Tsong Khapa’s main disciples
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Je Tsong Khapa’s main disciples included
Tokden Jampal Gyatso,
Gyaltsap Je,
Khedrup Je,
Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden (who founded Drepung Monastery in 1416),
Jamchen Choje Shakya Yeshe (who founded Sera Monastery in 1419), and
Gendun Drup (who founded Tashilhunpo Monastery at Shigatse in 1447, and who eventually became known as the First Dalai Lama).
Kumbum Jampaling was founded at Tsongkhapa’s birthplace in 1583 by His Holiness the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso.
Jamyang Sheypa Ngawang Tsöndrü founded Labrang Tashikhyil Monastery in Amdo in 1710.