GYANTSE  , one of the large towns of See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet . It lies S.E. of See also:

• SHIGATSE

Shigatse, 130 M. from the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian frontier and 145 M. from See also:

• LHASA (LIIASSA, LASSA, " God's ground ")

Lhasa . Its central position at the junction of the roads from See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and See also:

• BHUTAN

Bhutan with those from Ladakh and Central See also:

• ASIA

Asia leading to Lhasa makes it a considerable distributing See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade centre . Its See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market is the third largest in Tibet, coming after Lhasa and Shigatse, and is especially celebrated for its woollen See also:

• CLOTH

cloth and See also:

• CARPET

carpet manufactures . Here caravans come from Ladakh, See also:

• NEPAL, NEPAUL

Nepal and upper Tibet, bringing See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, See also:

• BORAX (sodium pyroborate or sodium biborate)

borax, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• MUSK (Med. Lat. muscus, late Gr. µbvXos, possibly Pers. mushk, from Sansk. mushka, the scrotum)

musk and furs, to See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods . broadcloth and hardware . The See also:

• TOWN

town is compactly built of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone houses, with wooden balconies facing the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, whence narrow lanes strike off into uninviting slums, and contains a fort and monastery . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British expedition of 1904 Gyantse formed the first See also:

• OBJECTIVE, or OBJECT GLASS

objective of the advance, and the force was besieged here in the See also:

• MISSION

mission See also:

• POST

post of Changlo for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The Tibetans made a See also:

• NIGHT

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 (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent is stationed at Gyantse .