Gyantse

On March 31, 1904, Younghusband encountered a Tibetan militia force of about 2000 guarding a pass near Gyantse.

The Tibetans were never peaceful people at all « Isegoria 2008

In 1485, the Rinpung army attacked the district of Gyantse (rGyang-rtse) in Tsang, to complete their hold on Tsang Province, but was defeated.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 4 The Pagmodru, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies 2009

His first thirty years had been spent at the great Lamasery of Palkhor – Choinde at Gyantse, west of Lhasa.

The Metal Monster 2004

Even in the main cities of Lhasa, Gyantse, and Shigatse, there was little evidence of a modern economy.

Tibet Disenchanted Buruma, Ian 2000

Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1890 and to recognize the frontier between Sikkim and Tibet; undertook to open forthwith trade-marts, to which all British and Tibetan subjects should have free right of access at Gyantse and Gastok as well as at Yatung; the roads to

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

The English crossed the Jelep Pass (12 Dec., 1903), occupied Phari (19 Dec.), stormed Gyantse (12 April, 1904), and entered Lhasa on 3 August; the dalai lama was in flight.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

But Chinese officials prefer to direct the world's attention away from that and to the brutal events at Gyantse in 1904, which conveniently fit into their master narrative for

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He said that he had not seen any reference in Tibetan literature to Gyantse as the City of Heroes before then.

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These days, Gyantse resembles other towns in central Tibet.

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On the first day we drove for about 4 hours past the stunning scenery of Yamdrok Lake and onto Gyantse (altitude 3,950 m), a typical Tibetan village, where we stayed overnight in a rather bleak Chinese hotel.

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