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Encyclopedia Britannica



GYANTSE

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 751 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GUI-HAN
GYANTSE , one of the large towns of Tibet. It lies S.E. of Shigatse, 130 M. from the Indian frontier and 145 M. from Lhasa. Its central position at the junction of the roads from India and
Bhutan
  with those from Ladakh and Central
Asia
  leading to Lhasa makes it a considerable distributing
trade
  centre. Its market is the third largest in Tibet, coming after Lhasa and Shigatse, and is especially celebrated for its woollen
cloth
  and
carpet
  manufactures. Here caravans come from Ladakh, Nepal and upper Tibet, bringing gold, borax, salt, wool, musk and furs, to exchange for tea, tobacco,
sugar
 ,
cotton
  goods.
broadcloth and hardware. The town is compactly built of stone houses, with wooden balconies facing the main
street
 , whence narrow lanes strike off into uninviting slums, and contains a fort and monastery. In the British expedition of 1904 Gyantse formed the first objective of the advance, and the force was besieged here in the mission post of Changlo for some time. The Tibetans made a night attack on the post, and were beaten off with some difficulty, but subsequently the British attacked and stormed the fort or jong. Under the treaty of 1904 a British
trade
  agent is stationed at Gyantse.


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