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Lhassa
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Of the gods), the capital of Thibet, and the metropolis of the Buddhist world in the Chinese Empire, stands in the middle of a plain 11,900 ft. above the sea-level; on a hill in the NW. of the centre of the city, a conical hill called Potala, amid temples and palaces, is the residence of the Grand Lama; the monasteries are 15 in number, and the priests 20,000, and it is the centre of the caravan trade.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lhassa'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/lhassa.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lhassa'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/lhassa.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
