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==The Seven Dharmarajas (Tib. ''Chogyal'')==
#Suchandra (Tib. ''Dawa Sangpo'') c. 900 to 876 BC. Note: the Kalachakra calculations put the life of Shakyamuni Buddha quite a bit earlier than is generally accepted and the Tibetans produced a number of divergent calculations of the dates given here. Also manyMany of the names of the kings are often wrongly Sanskritized (back-translated from the Tibetan) inwithin Western publications.
#Devendra (Tib. ''Lhayi Wang'') (876-776 BC) - Fond of Sentient Beings
#Tejasvin (Tib. ''Ziji Chän'') (776-676 BC) Bearer of the Dharma Wheel and the Auspicious Conch
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==The Twenty-Five Kalki (Tib. ''Rigden'')==
 
The most recent 25 of the 32 Kings of [[Shambhala]] are known as ''[[Kalki]]'' kings (Tib. ''Rigden'', wylie: ''rigs ldan''). Kalki means "Holder of the Castes." The Kalki King is said to reside on a "lionLion throneThrone" in Kalapa, the capital city of the Kingdom. They are holders of the [[Kalachakra]] (Wheel of Time), which are the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni passed down from the original seven Dharmarajas of Shambhala.
[[File:Rigdan Tagpa.jpg|thumb|Rigden Trakpa or [[Manjushrí Yashas]], King of Shambhala]]
[[File:´Jam-dbyangs grags King of Shambhala.jpg|thumb|Jamyang Drag (´jam dbyangs grags)]]