Lhasa and its mysteries : with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904 / by L. Austine Waddell.

  • Waddell, L. A. (Laurence Austine), 1854-1938.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Lhasa and its mysteries : with a record of the expedition of 1903-1904 / by L. Austine Waddell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XI Gyantse—its Fort and Town PAGES Gyantsd Fort and Garrison—Surrender and Occupation of Fort—Fort, Temple, and its Images—Mission Post at Changlo—Mission Post is Fortified—Market in Camp —Wayside Shrines and Texts—Streets in the Town— Market—Trade—Carpets—Smallpox Plague . . 196-215 CHAPTER XII Temples, Priests, and Convents oe Gyantse and Neighbourhood, with Visit to the Caves of the Entombed Hermits Monastery of Gyantse—Monks and Priests of Gyantse— Exterior of the Great Temple—Buddhist Wheel of Life— Altar and Sacred Books — High Mass — Manuscripts —Devils’ Chamber—Great Pagoda—Gyantsd and Gaya Pagodas compared — Nuns — Cemeteries — Tsechen — Suburbs of Gyantse in Spring — Caves of Entombed Hermits — Entombed Hermits — Magician’s Training —Morbid Mummery ..... 216-244 CHAPTER XIII Besieged at Gyantse Attack on Mission Post—Enemy re-occupies the Jong—Savage Brutality of Tibetans—Bombarded by the Jong—Defences and Vigils—The Kharo Column—Swearing in of “Braves” —Storming of Phala Post—Cutting off our Communica- tions—Cannonaded by Tibetan “Jingals”. . .245-264 CHAPTER XIV Relief of Gyantse and Storming of the Jong Arrival of Reinforcements — Fight at Naini Monastery- Storming of Tsechen Monastery—Armistice for Peace Negotiations—Peace Delegates in Conference—Storming and Capture of the Fort — Dongtse Village and Monastery ... .... 265-276