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Jigme Taring
Jigme Taring is the eldest son of Raja Taring, the Maharaja of Sikkim. He married Rinchen Dolma Taring, Daughter of…
Tibetan Archers
Photographs of Tibetan archers at the Monlam festival celebration in Lhasa, Tibet. Dressed in Mongol uniforms, yellow with red shou…
Members of the Cavalry
Members of the cavalry wearing ancient armor at the Review at Trapshi Tsisher on the sandy plain north of Lhasa,…
Kusung Jamyang
Kusung Jamyang was a Tibetan Soldier and was a Guard at the Gates of Norbulingka, on 10 March, when the…
Gyayum Chenmo
The Dalai Lama‘s mother, Gyayum Chenmo, Dekyi Tsering, with the wife of an Indian official, standing on the left and…
Zimchongpa Soldiers
Zimchongpa soldiers in old-style uniforms who had taken part in the soldiers’ dance at the Tse Gutor. Zimchongpa are foot…
Lhasa United
The Lhasa United football team challenged the British Mission to a game of football. The Mission team called themselves the…
Tibet 1939
Horsemen in ceremonial dress and wearing conical hats with brims carrying banners and standards surmounted by tridents. They are part…
