GEOG215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Potala Palace, 14Th Dalai Lama, Transhimalaya
15 Jun 2015
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Borders xianjang uyghur autonomous region, qinghai province, sichuan province, yunnan prov, burma, nepal, bhutan, sikkim, and india. Highest region on earth, elev of 4000 m. North are the kunlun range and tanggula mountains. Sputhern tibet valleys between gangdise and himalayas. Tibetan autonomous region, qinghai province, sichuan province, and yunnan province, gansu province. Genghis khan of mongolia sent troops deep into tibet in the 13th century, and invited dalai lama to mongolia, granted him rulership of tibet. Yellow hats black red and yellow hats. Two orders black and red, started looking in villages shortly after te death of an individual to seek a baby into which his soul had been reborn or reincarnated. Those individuals were brought into monastaries to be raised as lamas. In 1283, red hats declared one as ruler of tibet. Mongol ruler declared head of yellow hats dalai lama. Emperor qianlong istalled dalai lama as spiritual and political leader of tibet.
