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GARTOK , a See also:trade-See also:market of See also:Tibet, situated on the See also:bank of the See also:Indus on the road between See also:Shigatse and See also:Leh, to the See also:east of See also:Simla . In accordance with the Tibet treaty of 1904, Gartok, together with See also:Yatung and See also:Gyantse, was thrown open to See also:British trade . On the return of the See also:column from See also:Lhasa in that See also:year Gartok was visited by a party under See also:Captain See also:Ryder, who found only a few dozen See also:people in See also:winter quarters, their houses being in the midst of a See also:bare See also:plain . In summer, however, all the trade between Tibet and Ladakh passes through this See also:place . |
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