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XIGATSE-GYANGTSE
(3950m)
Gyangtse is small bustling town steeped in history. it lies 264 km southwest
of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Nyang Chu river. In the 15th century
it served as the capital of a small kingdom. The beautiful Kumbum Chorten,
built around 1400 AD and the huge ruined castles bear witness to the powers
that ruled then. It later became the main center for trade with British India
and the focal point of young husband's British expendition to Tibet in 1904
when his soldiers defeated some 5000 Tibetan and destroyed the fort by cannon
fire.
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