Khamber Jong

Kampa Dzong, 1938
Kampa Dzong, 1938

Khamber Jong, also called Gamba,[1] Kampa, or Khampa Dzong, is a Tibetan hamlet north of Sikkim.[2] In June 1903, Colonel Francis Younghusband, serving as British commissioner to Tibet, led a diplomatic mission consisting of five officers and five hundred troops through Nathu La to Khamber Jong.[3] The objective of the mission was to meet Chinese and Tibetan representatives and discuss mutual non-aggression and trade agreements. After being kept waiting for five months before the Chinese and Tibetan representatives arrived, the mission was recalled.[4]

The abbot of Shigatse had been sent by the 9th Panchen Lama to meet the British diplomatic mission at Khampa Dzong.[5]

It was reported to be the capital of the district during the British Mount Everest Expedition 1922.[6]

Traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought to have originated in Khampa Dzong.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ View over Khampa Dzong of the crest of the Himalaya
  2. ↑ Sikkim: a traveller's guide, Volume 2001 by Arundhati Ray, Sujoy Das
  3. ↑ History as propaganda: Tibetan exiles versus the People's Republic of China by John Powers, p. 80
  4. ↑ The great game: on secret service in high Asia, by Peter Hopkirk, p 507
  5. ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
  6. ↑ 1924 Everest Expedition
  7. ↑ Tibet handbook: with Bhutan, by Gyurme Dorje
  8. ↑ Of Wool and Loom, The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs, by Trinley Chodrak and Kesang Tashi

Coordinates: 28°16′49″N 88°31′19″E / 28.2803°N 88.522°E / 28.2803; 88.522


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