During the days of the Ambans, tht Chinese Resident in Tibet, the a ad ta Lhasa lay through Hohow, Litang, Batang and Chat do. After 1911 this road, known as the south official road, became #0 ested with Tibetan brigands that] practically all intercourse lhetseen and Tibet was carried alone known as the north namely, the condition of all the large lamas jes along the north road to Uhasa. Dawe, Dranz, Kanze, Daje, and Derze, are all fully} armed and in a short time could] put 10,000 fighting lamas in the! field... This situation gives a somewhat new aspect to Lamaism, and] the priest in the Jand of the Lamas now ready to fight as well as pray.
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