A set of 50 photographs and associated handwritten descriptive notes, acquired from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg. The complete notes, "1904 View of Great Tibet", are available at: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/tibet,94
Lhasa from the east. [N.] In the background and nearly in the center is the "Iron mountain" Ch'agpori (1) with the Man-ba Ta-ts'an (2) [Man-bo-datsang], where Tibetan medicine is taught. On the right is the hill Marpori with Potala, Dalai Lama's Palace. To the left of Chagpori, behind a white building, one has a rather faint view of Lhasa's cathedral (the Great Cathedral) the Jowo-k'an (3) [TsoKhang]. The buildings in the foreground are those of Banak sho (4), the traders' quarters.Obs. 1) Chiakpori on A-K's Plan of Lhasa; Chapori and Chakpori Rockhill Tibet etc. J.R.A.S.1891; Chaga or Chag-pa hill on Waddell's Plan of Lhasa. G.J. 1904 for March.2) Vaidurya Ta-tsan of Sarat Chandra Das Journey to Lhasa. London. 1902. p. 195; Ch'ag ri Veidur in Minch'jul Khutuktu's Geography of Tibet, with Russian translation by the late Prof. W. Wassiliev, edited by the Imp. Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. 1895.3) Ihio on A-K's Plan of Lhasa4) Banagshio on A-K's Plan; Banashag Rockhill's Tibet Plan of Lhasa.
"Arriving at the foot of Chagpori, on the summit of which is the College of Surgeons of Tibet, I got off my horse and ascended the hill as I had promised to visit an old doctor known as Amchi Rivola, who was afflicted with cataract […] Amchi Rivola soon made his appearance, a man of commanding looks and heavily built. He was the Principal of the Vaidurya Tatsan of Chagpori, and physician to the regent." (p. 195)
Das, S. C. (1902). "Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet". London: John Murray. Available through Google Books at:http://books.google.com/books?id=2E4ap0j5gZwC&pg=PA1&dq ;
"On the top of this hill stand the buildings of the largest convent of Lhasa, the Manbo-datsang, where the monks devote themselves to the study of medicine. To the right, on a hill which rises three hundred feet higher, one sees a collection of buildings, which is the residence of the Dalai-Lama and is called Potala." (p.550) Deniker, J. (1903).
"New light on Lhasa, the forbidden city." The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine LXVI or 66, 544-554. Available through Google Books at: http://books.google.com/books?id=V_YLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA544&lpg=PA544&dq
