est. in 1268 (sa pho 'brug) sa skya'i gdung rabs stag tshang [2007] (p. 46) sa skya'i gdung rabs chen mo [1986] (pp. 212, 236)
acc. to Luciano Petech (1914–2010) the construction started in 1265 under dpon chen shAkya bzang po/ Petech 1990 (pp. 18f.)
1270-1276: dpon chen kun dga' bzang po/ roofed the lha khang chen mo/ and completed the edifice by the erection of the great golden dome (gser 'phru) Petech 1990 (p. 22)