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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 751 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GYANTSE , one of the large towns of See also:

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

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