Case file · Folklore / legend
The kingdom of Shambhala
The Kalachakra Tantra, which spread from India to Tibet around 1027, describes Shambhala, a hidden northern kingdom whose kings preserve the teaching until a final battle.
1027 CE · 25.14, 85.44 · status: legend
The account
Tibetan guidebooks gave routes to it; Western Theosophists, the Roerichs and James Hilton's 'Shangri-La' turned it into a myth of Himalayan masters. The pin marks Nalanda, where Kalachakra was taught.