By Kazuharu Mizuno, Lobsang Tenpa
ISBN-10: 4431554912
ISBN-13: 9784431554912
ISBN-10: 4431554920
ISBN-13: 9784431554929
This is the 1st booklet to systematically describe the formation and ancient alterations of the Monpa people’s sector (Monyul) via its nature, society, tradition, faith, agriculture and traditionally deep ties with Bhutan, Tibet and the Tibetan Buddhist religion. The country of Arunachal Pradesh is found within the northeastern a part of India, surrounded through the borders of Assam, Bhutan, and Tibet (China). there was a protracted heritage of clash over the sovereignty of this sector among India and China. Foreigners have been prohibited from getting into the nation until eventually the Nineteen Nineties and the realm has been veiled in secrecy until eventually lately. hence, there are usually not many academically researched works at the quarter. This e-book serves as a necessary consultant for somebody who wish to know about a special geographical zone of Monpa.
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3 Taklung Dzong [stag lung rdzong] was built by a monk named Tenpe Dronme [bstan pa’i sgron me] in the Kalaktang [kha legs steng] region in the sixteenth century: it is one of the oldest fortresses cum gompa [dgon pa] in the Monpa area Fig. 4 A wall of Taklung Dzong [stag lung rdzong]: this dzong consisted of three floors, but it was destroyed by an earthquake. 2 Formation of Taklung Dzong Fortress 37 Tenpe Dronme (bstan pa’i sgron me) in the Kalaktang region during the sixteenth century. Tenpe Dronme was a disciple of the second Dalai Lama, Gedun Gyasto [dge ’dun rgya mtsho] (1475–1543; Tenpa 2013).
34 3 Taxation by the Tibetan Authorities and the Formation of Fortresses According to Three Years in Tibet by Ekai Kawaguchi (1909), the Tibetan administration in Lhasa in about 1900 consisted of 165 monks and the same number of secular individuals serving as senior officials. According to Yamaguchi (1987), those numbers were 175 monks and 175 secular individuals. More details were reported by Kawaguchi (1909). The Tibetan monks were under the direction of four senior secretaries and the secular staff under four ministers.
2 Compiled by Wag Indra, the document Rgyal rigs’byung khungs gsal ba’i sgron me (Rgyal rigs for short) is translated as Ngag dbang in Tibetan. Ardussi (2009) believes that it was written in 1668, though Aris (1986) puts this date at 1728 and Yang Palmo all had a son each with the king, and their names were, respectively, Sangde Tsan [gsang sde btsan], Bede Tsan [sbas sde btsan], and Gapde Tsan [’gab sde btsan]. Sangde Tsan became king of a region in Bhutan. Gapde Tsan was taken to the place known as the Khorwong [’khor dbang] valley under Thembang [them bang] to be enthroned, even though poverty was prevalent in that area.
Himalayan Nature and Tibetan Buddhist Culture in Arunachal Pradesh, India: A Study of Monpa by Kazuharu Mizuno, Lobsang Tenpa
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