In the narrative, King Manjuśrīkīrti is said to have been born in 159 BC and ruled over a kingdom of 300,510 followers of the Mlechha religion, some of whom worshiped the Sun. The oldest known teachers of Kalachakra are Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (d. Kalachakra Buddhism was presumably introduced to Tibet in the 11th century, the epoch of the Tibetan Kalachakra calendar. The Shambhala narrative is found in the Kalachakra tantra, a text of the group of the Anuttarayoga Tantras. Shambhala is ruled by the future Buddha Maitreya.
Further information: Kings of Shambhala Manjuśrīkīrti, King of Shambhala
