Kingdom of Chakla (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ལ་, Wylie: lcags la, THL: chakla; Chinese: 明正土司; pinyin: Míngzhēng tǔsī) or Chala was a kingdom in the Tibetan region of Kham. Chakla along with Bathang, Lithang, and Derge were called the "Four Great Native Chiefdoms in Kham" (康區四大土司).
During the Qing dynasty it was a Tusi under the umbrella of the Qing Empire. The kingdom was located in the eponymous Chakla region, near the historical border between Tibet and China proper.
Kingdom of Chakla (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ལ་, Wylie: lcags la, THL: chakla; Chinese: 明正土司; pinyin: Míngzhēng tǔsī) or Chala was a kingdom in the Tibetan region of Kham. Chakla along with Bathang, Lithang, and Derge were called the "Four Great Native Chiefdoms in Kham" (康區四大土司).
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