SHIGATSE  , one of the largest towns in See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet, next in importance to See also:

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

Lhasa, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . The See also:

• TOWN

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, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by a m. broad . About r m. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east is situated a monastery called Konkalifig, whilst to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west is the far-famed Tashilhunpo monastery, the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of one of the See also:

• GREAT

great high priests of Tibet, co-equal with the Dalai-Lama of Lhasa . Between the Tashilhunpo monastery and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is the Thom or open See also:

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

market, where all the business of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is daily trans-acted . A See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

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 (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires . A great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of jewels and See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

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, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill to the north-west, and a See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison of See also:

• ROOD (O.E. rod, a stick, another form of " rod, O.E. rodd, possibly cognate with Lat. rudis, a staff)

rood Tibetan soldiers is quartered here . The municipal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government is in the hands of two depen assisted by See also:

• RESIDENT

resident Jongpons . The See also:

• SOIL

soil around Shigatse is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and productive, the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation being between 11,000 and 12,000 ft . Shigatse See also:

• LAY

lay to the west of the See also:

• BRITISH

British route of advance on Lhasa in 1904, but it was visited by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Rawling on his way to open the market at See also:

• GARTOK

Gartok .