Historic trade routes from the time of the Tibetan Empire at its zenith to modern times
http://www.tibetancoins.com/III%20Tibetan%20Trade.html
The map3 [in Lamb, A., "British and Chinese Central Asia", 1960, Map adapted from Sketch Map, p. 3. - tmciolek] shows the historic trade routes from the time of the Tibetan Empire at its zenith to modern times. These routes can be broadly grouped as shown below.
1. The eastern route via Tachienlu to China.
2. The northeastern route via Koko Nor to China, the Turks and Siberia.
3. The northwestern route via Ladakh: to Khotan, Kaskgar, Kucha and trans-Oxania: to Bokhara and Samarkand.
4. The trans-Himalayan routes: to Ladakh, Kashmir, Indian States, Nepal, Sikkim, Cooch Behar, Bhutan, Assam.4
1. The Eastern Routes
The main road to China goes from Lhasa to Tachienlu via Gyam-do, the capital of Kong-po, and then on through Cham-do. From the latter village there are two routes to Tachienlu one going to the east through Kan-ze, the other southeast through Ba-tang and Li-tang. Tachienlu is on the border between Tibet and China.5 [...]
[this reference was kindly supplied on 21 Jul 06 by vajra vajra (darkvajra--at--yahoo.com)
Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
The map3 [in Lamb, A., "British and Chinese Central Asia", 1960, Map adapted from Sketch Map, p. 3. - tmciolek] shows the historic trade routes from the time of the Tibetan Empire at its zenith to modern times. These routes can be broadly grouped as shown below.
1. The eastern route via Tachienlu to China.
2. The northeastern route via Koko Nor to China, the Turks and Siberia.
3. The northwestern route via Ladakh: to Khotan, Kaskgar, Kucha and trans-Oxania: to Bokhara and Samarkand.
4. The trans-Himalayan routes: to Ladakh, Kashmir, Indian States, Nepal, Sikkim, Cooch Behar, Bhutan, Assam.4
1. The Eastern Routes
The main road to China goes from Lhasa to Tachienlu via Gyam-do, the capital of Kong-po, and then on through Cham-do. From the latter village there are two routes to Tachienlu one going to the east through Kan-ze, the other southeast through Ba-tang and Li-tang. Tachienlu is on the border between Tibet and China.5 [...]
[this reference was kindly supplied on 21 Jul 06 by vajra vajra (darkvajra--at--yahoo.com)
Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
posted by tmciolek at 11:36 AM
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