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SHIGATSE

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 857 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHIGATSE , one of the largest towns in See also:

Tibet, next in importance to See also:Lhasa, the See also:capital. The See also:town, which is at the confluence of the Nyang chu with the Tsangpo, contains about 9000 in-habitants (exclusive of priests), and is about 4 m. See also:long by a m. broad. About r m. to the See also:north-See also:east is situated a monastery called Konkalifig, whilst to the See also:south-See also:west is the far-famed Tashilhunpo monastery, the See also:residence of one of the See also:great high priests of Tibet, co-equal with the Dalai-Lama of Lhasa. Between the Tashilhunpo monastery and the See also:city is the Thom or open See also:market, where all the business of the See also:place is daily trans-acted. A See also:wall about r m. in circumference surrounds the Tashilhunpo monastery, within which are numerous temples and houses, four of the larger temples being decorated with gilded See also:spires. A great See also:wealth of jewels and See also:precious See also:metal is said to enrich the numerous idols of Tashilhunpo. The monastery maintains 3300 priests. The city is protected by a fort which stands on a See also:low See also:hill to the north-west, and a See also:garrison of See also:rood Tibetan soldiers is quartered here. The municipal See also:government is in the hands of two depen assisted by See also:resident Jongpons. The See also:soil around Shigatse is See also:rich and productive, the See also:elevation being between 11,000 and 12,000 ft. Shigatse See also:lay to the west of the See also:British route of advance on Lhasa in 1904, but it was visited by See also:Captain Rawling on his way to open the market at See also:Gartok.

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