Lobsang Palden Yeshe
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Lobsang Palden Yeshe (1738–1780) (Tibetan: བློ་བཟང་གྤལ་ལྡན་ཡེ་ཤེས་་; Wylie: Blo-bzang Gpal-ldan Ye-shes; ZWPY: Lobsang Baidain Yêxê) was the Sixth Panchen Lama of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet. He was distinguished by his writings and interest in the world. He befriend George Bogle. The gold he naively sent as a gift to the Governor of India whetted Britain's interest in Tibet. He also travelled to China but caught smallpox in Beijing and died.