Khamber Jong
Khamber Jong, also called Gamba,[1] Kampa, or Khampa Dzong, is a Tibetan hamlet north of Sikkim.[2] In June 1903, Colonel Francis Younghusband, serving as British commissioner to Tibet, led a diplomatic mission consisting of five officers and five hundred troops through Nathu La to Khamber Jong.[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]
Traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought to have originated in Khampa Dzong.[7][8]
References
- ↑ View over Khampa Dzong of the crest of the Himalaya
- ↑ Sikkim: a traveller's guide, Volume 2001 by Arundhati Ray, Sujoy Das
- ↑ History as propaganda: Tibetan exiles versus the People's Republic of China by John Powers, p. 80
- ↑ The great game: on secret service in high Asia, by Peter Hopkirk, p 507
- ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
- ↑ 1924 Everest Expedition
- ↑ Tibet handbook: with Bhutan, by Gyurme Dorje
- ↑ Of Wool and Loom, The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs, by Trinley Chodrak and Kesang Tashi
Coordinates: 28°16′49″N 88°31′19″E / 28.2803°N 88.522°E