Mangyül Gungthang (Tibetan: མང་ཡུལ་གུང་ཐང, Wylie: mang yul gung thang), simplified Chinese: 芒域贡堂; traditional Chinese: 芒域貢堂; pinyin: mángyù gòngtáng) alternatively known as Ngari Me (Lower Ngari) is the name of a Tibetan kingdom established under Sakya overlordship in Southwest Tibet around 1265.
Historically it lies in an area that was an important transit point between the north and south Himalayas,[1] and it was through this route that Padmasambhava and Śāntarakṣita arrived in Tibet.
[2] It was founded by a descendant of the Tibetan royal house, Bumdegon (1253–1280)[3] It was one of the thirteen myriarchies (khri skor bcu gsum) ruled by a Sakya lama viceroy appointed by the Yuan court of China.
[4] Chökyi Drönma, the eldest daughter of Thri Lhawang Gyaltsen (1404–1464) and the first Samding Dorje Phagmo – the third highest-ranking person in the Tibetan hierarchy – hailed from the district.
After the discovery of gold in Western Tibet, it became an important link in the network of trans-Himalayan trade.