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Kampa Dzong

Town in Tibet

Summary

Town in Tibet

Field	Value
name	Kampa
other_name	Kampa Dzong
image_skyline	Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904 John C. White RESTORED.jpg
image_caption	Kampa Dzong, Tibet 1904

Russian artist [[Nicholas Roerich]]'s 1938 painting of Kampa Dzong

Kampa or Kamba Dzong, (Gampa Dzong in Standard Tibetan, Tibet 2002: A Year Book, Tibet Information Network, London, p. 145. and Gangba Xian in Chinese) is a Tibetan town north of Sikkim. Sikkim: a traveller's guide, Volume 2001 by Arundhati Ray, Sujoy Das 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.

History

Traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought to have originated in Kampa Dzong.

[[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. 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.

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. 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. 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 . It was meant to enhance ties between the two armies and maintain peace and tranquility along the border.

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References

Bibliography

References

Chan, Victor. (1994). "Tibet Handbook". Moon Publications.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=f38SzsdObxwC Tibet handbook: with Bhutan], by Gyurme Dorje
[https://books.google.com/books?id=dvP0Itf7n1MC History as propaganda: Tibetan exiles versus the People's Republic of China] by John Powers, p. 80
[https://books.google.com/books?id=1_41VGoCYU8C The great game: on secret service in high Asia], by [[Peter Hopkirk]], p 507
Kumar, Ankit. (26 March 2021). "Exclusive: Satellite images show active Chinese posts near Sikkim's Naku La". India Today.
Vasudeva, P. K.. (15 August 2021). "A thaw in ties". The Statesman (Kolkata).

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