Kampa Dzong

Kampa Dzong, whose name is also spelt as Khampa, Kamba and Gamba,[1] is a Tibetan town north of Sikkim.[2] It is the headequarters Kamba County. It has a historic hill-top fort.

Kampa Dzong, 1904
Kampa Dzong, 1938

History

In June 1903, Colonel Francis Younghusband, serving as British commissioner to Tibet, led a diplomatic mission consisting of five officers and five hundred troops Khampa Dzong.[3] The objective of the mission was to meet Chinese and Tibetan representatives and discuss mutual non-aggression and trade agreements. After being kept waiting for five months before the Chinese and Tibetan representatives arrived, the mission was recalled.[4]

The abbot of Shigatse had been sent by the 9th Panchen Lama to meet the British diplomatic mission at Khampa Dzong.[5]

It was reported to be the capital of the district during the British Mount Everest Expedition 1922.[6]

Economy

Traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought to have originated in Khampa Dzong.[7][8]

References
  1. View over Khampa Dzong of the crest of the Himalaya Archived 2010-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sikkim: a traveller's guide, Volume 2001 by Arundhati Ray, Sujoy Das
  3. History as propaganda: Tibetan exiles versus the People's Republic of China by John Powers, p. 80
  4. The great game: on secret service in high Asia, by Peter Hopkirk, p 507
  5. The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
  6. 1924 Everest Expedition
  7. Tibet handbook: with Bhutan, by Gyurme Dorje
  8. Of Wool and Loom, The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs, by Trinley Chodrak and Kesang Tashi


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