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Show IMPOrtTANT TOWN IN TIBET. Inhabitants of Gyangtse Are Chiefly Religious Devotees, Gyangtso, which Is distant 213 miles from tho Indian frontier and 134 miles from Lassa, Is a largo and Important town with a network of irrigation channels. The town, which ,1s over two miles In circumference and contains con-tains 1,000 houses, is situated about two small hills, which llo east and west On the western bill Is a collection col-lection of massive walls, keeps and bastionst covering tho whole surface ot tho rock, 600 feet high and 400 yards long. On tho western hill Is a monastery of 600 monks, with a lofty temple nlno stories high, which Is considered con-sidered by the Tibetans a particularly holy place. Surmounting the edifice Is a gilt dome and from here a magnificent mag-nificent view is to be had of the town and surrounding mountains. Inside tho temple are numbers of niches, filled with Images ot Buddha and of saints. Tho town and the surrounding surround-ing country swarm with monasteries, In ono ot which Chandra Das, an Indian In-dian traveler, found COO monks engaged en-gaged In divine service nnd 200 more reading the, sacred books, while on each side of the Image of Buddha wcro four rows of monks, twenty In each, with hundreds 'ot butter-fed lamps burning In front of them. |
