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... Tibet looking toward the Himalayas and ( right of centre ) Mount Everest . Bactrian ( two - humped ) camels grazing in the. ment developed the province into a war base against the Japanese . Factories , universities , and government ...
... Tibet looking toward the Himalayas and ( right of centre ) Mount Everest . Bactrian ( two - humped ) camels grazing in the. ment developed the province into a war base against the Japanese . Factories , universities , and government ...
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... Tibetan culture , the introduction of writing for which he borrowed a script from India , enabling the texts of the new religion to be translated . He extended his empire over Nepal , western Tibet , the T'u - yü - hun , and other ...
... Tibetan culture , the introduction of writing for which he borrowed a script from India , enabling the texts of the new religion to be translated . He extended his empire over Nepal , western Tibet , the T'u - yü - hun , and other ...
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... Tibet . With Altan's help vir- tually all the Mongols became Dge - lugs - pa adherents , and on Bsod - nams - rgya - mtsho's death they acquired a propri- etary interest in the order and some claims on Tibet itself when the fourth Dalai ...
... Tibet . With Altan's help vir- tually all the Mongols became Dge - lugs - pa adherents , and on Bsod - nams - rgya - mtsho's death they acquired a propri- etary interest in the order and some claims on Tibet itself when the fourth Dalai ...
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