Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . -«::•. HEADWATERS OF THE YU CHU RIVER ON THE BASHU PLATEAU,CHAMDO-YUNNAN ROAD Vlll DEEPLY-ERODED VALLEYS OF TIBET 187 In 1910 or 1911, after the Chinese expedition had success-fully occupied Lhasa, Chao Erh-feng sent a column of troopsinto Tsawarong. They looted but did not destroy DrayiiGomba, and then passed on to Sangachu Dzong beyond theSalween, where the Chinese proposed to establish a district,to be called Sangang or Komai Hsien. Almost immediatelyafterwards the
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . -«::•. HEADWATERS OF THE YU CHU RIVER ON THE BASHU PLATEAU,CHAMDO-YUNNAN ROAD Vlll DEEPLY-ERODED VALLEYS OF TIBET 187 In 1910 or 1911, after the Chinese expedition had success-fully occupied Lhasa, Chao Erh-feng sent a column of troopsinto Tsawarong. They looted but did not destroy DrayiiGomba, and then passed on to Sangachu Dzong beyond theSalween, where the Chinese proposed to establish a district,to be called Sangang or Komai Hsien. Almost immediatelyafterwards the revolution in China occurred, and all Tibetwest of the Mekong relapsed automatically into Tibetanhands. The Tibetans in this valley (as elsewhere, I suppose) haveno idea of exact distances; indeed there do not appear to beany words in their language properly denoting measures ofdistance. If one asks a Tibetan how far it is to a place, hewill reply taringbo (a long way), or tanyeho (a shortway); or if he wishes to be more explicit he may say it isshagsa (a days journey, say six hours march), or tsasa ortsapo ( half a days j
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