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| | Tibet: From Buddhist State to Invasion and Diaspora |
 | | This is particularly the case of the Tibetan version of the treaty of 821-822 A.D., where both countries are regarded as sovereign, though the relationship would be like that between and uncle and a nephew (in Tenzin Gyatso 1990, pp45-47; the sheng jiu or dbon shang relationship, see Perelomov and Martynov 1983, p154, p157). |
 | | Tibet might be viewed as a remote, hermit kingdom whose location, right in the middle of Asia, and on a high plateau ringed with mountains, make it a natural buffer and retreat. |
 | | In spite of the unwillingness of the Indian government to recognise the governmental status of this group, the Indian government has given generous financial assistance, including funding education for the exiles, and in the late 1990s, after three Chinese spies were discovered there in 1995, providing increased security for the Dalai Lama. |
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