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0373 India and Tibet : vol.1
India and Tibet : vol.1 / Page 373 (Color Image)

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[Photo] To face page 304 SIGNING THE TREATY

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doi: 10.20676/00000295
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and over 100 Tibetans. T
was unique in interest. In t
sh and Indian officers and the s
dress. On the right were the m
ors in yellow silk robes and
d clothing, together with the B
d against headgear. And in t
s staff, in their full dress uni
with the Regent by him in the s
Lama. The pillars and cross-b
were richly painted. An imm
f embroidered, was hung imm
e occupied by the Resident and
e was rendered curiously still and
ng, not by windows at the side b
d canvass of an immense skylight
Rimpoche (the Regent) sat next to
I was on his right. As soon as we
rvants brought in tea, and tasted
and Chinese officials. Low tab
them set before the two rows of
e were all cleared away, I sat in t
us permission, I would present t
nd the Treaty read in Tibetan and
e officials if they were prepared t
ed in the affirmative, and the man
produced, on which the Treaty w
d columns in English, Chinese, a
to their custom of having texts t
scribed on the same sheet of pa
to affix their seals first, and the
the seals of the Council, the re
ional Assembly had been affixed t
Rimpoche, advanced to the table b
he Durbar rising at the same t
em affixed the Dalai Lama's se
I signed the Treaty. Having s
ddressment to the Ti Rimpoc
now been made which I hope e
ent.