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0420 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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followers, but with a large force. They came down into
Rudok, and conquered that country, making it a base
for a fresh start into Lhasa. This is interesting to us
from the point of view as to whether it is possible for an
armed force to reach Lhasa from the west. The Mongols
made a good try, and then the inevitable thing happened
—their horses died; but with only ninety men they suc-
ceeded in getting as near as Shigatse, which they reck-
oned was eight days' march from Lhasa. Then they
turned round and went back to Rudok. Another in-
teresting point is that the Tibetans, after true Tibetan
fashion, received the Mongol general with great hospi-
tality; they even assisted him to get together another force
to harry another part of their own country. Well, it was
centuries after, that the next attempt was made from
Rudok to reach Lhasa. This time it was made by Sikhs.
General Zorowar Sing, acting for Ghulab Sing, who was
Raja of Kashmir, attempted to reach Lhasa by Leh. He
came to grief exactly as Mirza Haidar had come to grief
before him—his horses gave out before he got to Lhasa,
and he beat a somewhat hasty retreat. It is curious to
observe that the fighting that was done was not done by
Tibetans, but by Ghurkas, who were sent across the
border to fight them. Thus we learn from history that the
attempt to make any military movement, at any rate from
the west, is an exceedingly difficult and perilous one.
Once again, not long after, a small and turbulent tribe
of the Himalayas, the Ghurkas (who had conquered
Nepaul), thought it was time to have a look into Tibet
itself. They made their attack directly over the passes,
and they were successful; moving very rapidly, they
succeeded in reaching Tashilumpo. They absolutely
destroyed the place, and they were inclined to settle
down there. When the authorities fled to Lhasa they sent
information to China, and asked for assistance; and then