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50 Tam Banknote, dated Tibetan Era 1659 (= 1913) Reverse. The central panel shows a scene called in Tibetan tshe ring rnam drug (“six [symbols] of long life”), consisting of an old man (mi tshe ring) sitting under what most probably is a peach tree, his left hand resting in his lap and holding a rosary, his raised right hand holding a water ...
The srang (pronounced "sang"; in Tibetan often referred to as "dngul srang" i.e. "silver srang") was a currency of Tibet between 1909 and 1959. It circulated alongside the tangka until the 1950s. It was divided into 10 sho , each of 10 skar , with the tangka equal to 15 skar (1 srang = 6⅔ tangka).
Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,obverse (from Tibetan tangka) Image 9 US dollar banknotes (from Money ) Image 10 A 640 BC one-third stater electrum coin from Lydia .
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The protests, followed by the crackdown, took place in a territory home to Tibetans in Sichuan province. For years, Chinese authorities have been planning to build the massive Gangtuo dam and ...
Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791),reverse Tibetan kong par tangka, dated 13-45 (= AD 1791),obverse. The first indigenously minted Tibetan tangkas which were produced on a large scale are known as the Kong-par tangkas. The Kong-par tangkas were struck from 1791 to 1891. The design of these tangkas remained nearly invariable for ...
Analysis shows a magnitude 5 to 6 quake could occur in the same area in the near future, Meng Hui, deputy head of Tibet's earthquake administration, said at the news conference.
The plight of Tibet has become less discussed internationally but repression continues and China is applying what it did there to other regions, a former head of the Tibetan government-in-exile ...