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INTERIOR OF THE LHA-LUNG MONASTERY, WITH GROUPS OF EAMAS 



The number of monks in Tibet is said to be very large, nearly 500,000 housed in 1,026 

 monasteries, and this out of a population of about three and one-half millions is a very large 

 proportion and affects very adversely the country's material progress. 



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