Kampa Dzong

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Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904
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Kampa Dzong, 1938
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Russian artist Nicholas Roerich's 1938 painting of Kampa Dzong

Kampa or Kamba Dzong, [1] [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1] (Gampa Dzong in Standard Tibetan, [6] [lower-alpha 2] and Gangba Xian in Chinese) [lower-alpha 3] is a Tibetan town north of Sikkim. [8] It is the headequarters Kamba County in the Shigatse Prefecture. It is marked by an iconic hill-top fort, much admired by the expeditions travelling to Mount Everest during the early 20th century. It also used to be a border trading post for Sikkimese traders from North Sikkim, prior to the Chinese annexation of Tibet.

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History

Traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought[ by whom? ] to have originated in Kampa Dzong. [9] [10]

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Ernst Schäfer 1938 Tibetexpedition, Reiter, Burg Kampa Dzong

In June 1903, Colonel Francis Younghusband, serving as British commissioner to Tibet, led a diplomatic mission consisting of five officers and five hundred troops to Kampa Dzong. [11] 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. [12]

Sino-Indian relations

The Sino-Indian border along the Sikkim is well-defined by the 1890 Convention of Calcutta signed by Britain and China. Despite this, frenetic construction of border infrastructure and troop deployment has been witnessed along the border. [13] During the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes, one of the first clashes was reported at the Naku La pass, where a scuffle broke out between the Chinese and Indian forces, resulting in injuries to eleven soldiers. [14] [15] During the 12th round of disengagement talks, the commanders of the two sides agreed to establish a hotline between the PLA base at Kampa Dzong and the Indian Army base at Kongra La  [ Wikidata ]. It was meant to enhance ties between the two armies and maintain peace and tranquility along the border. [16]

Notes

  1. The variations Khampa [4] and Khamba [5] are also found, typically in the literature on the Younghusband expedition and its aftermath.
  2. Tibetan: གམ་པ་རྫོང, Wylie: gam pa rdzong, THL: gam pa dzong, ZYPY: Kamba Zong. [7]
  3. Chinese :岗巴县; pinyin :Gǎng bā xiàn, [7]

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