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 | | Ts'ien-tang, Eastern or Anterior Tibet (or K'ang, Kham, Khu, Khamdo, Chamdo), which extends between the Chinese Provinces of Sze-Ch'wan and Yun-nan, and the district of Lhorong djong, frontier of Lhasa; |
 | | Little is known of the ancient history of Tibet, the first dynasty having been founded by the Indian prince Rupati; but the historical period begins at the end of the sixth century A.D., when the first king, Luntsang, made inroads to India. |
 | | (New York, 1852); Desgodins, Le Thibet, d'aprés la correspondance des missionnaires (Paris, 1885); Krick, Relation d'un voyage au Thibet en 1852 (Paris, 1854); Narratives of the Missions of George Bogle to Thibet and of the journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa, ed. |
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