GLIMPSES OF ASIA 



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Photograph by John Claude White 



THE PALKHOR CHOIDE MONASTERY, IN THE WALLED TIBETAN CITY OF GYANTSE 



Gyantse lay in the line of the British advance into Tibet in 1904. Its jong, or fort, was 

 considered impregnable by the Tibetans, but the attacking force under General MacDonald 

 succeeded in hammering a breach in the walls and capturing the stronghold. This left the 

 road open to the capital of the Dalai Lama, the Forbidden City of Lhasa. 



