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Khamber Jong, also called Gamba,〔(View over Khampa Dzong of the crest of the Himalaya )〕 Kampa, or Khampa Dzong, is a Tibetan hamlet north of Sikkim.〔(Sikkim: a traveller's guide, Volume 2001 ) by Arundhati Ray, Sujoy Das〕 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.〔(History as propaganda: Tibetan exiles versus the People's Republic of China ) by John Powers, p. 80〕 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.〔(The great game: on secret service in high Asia ), by Peter Hopkirk, p 507〕 The abbot of Shigatse had been sent by the 9th Panchen Lama to meet the British diplomatic mission at Khampa Dzong.〔(The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion )〕 It was reported to be the capital of the district during the British Mount Everest Expedition 1922.〔(1924 Everest Expedition )〕 Traditional Tibetan carpet making is thought to have originated in Khampa Dzong.〔(Tibet handbook: with Bhutan ), by Gyurme Dorje〕〔(Of Wool and Loom, The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs ), by Trinley Chodrak and Kesang Tashi〕 == References == * (Tibet a Chronicle of Exploration ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khamber Jong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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