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photograph · 1938A market in Lhasa, 1938Bundesarchiv
map · 1906Tibet and the surrounding regions, 1906Royal Geographical Societymap · 1923–1924Map of LhasaPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxfordphotograph · 1920–1921Wife of a lay official in Lhasa dressPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxfordphotograph · 1920–1921Nyingma monkPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxfordphotograph · 1920–1921Buriat Lama and Tibetan Postmaster GeneralPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxfordcollection · Catalogue published 2006Maps and places in The Tibet AlbumPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford / British Museumoral history · Recorded 1993Samden & Tshe Tashi · Part 5Library of Congress, Asian Divisioncollection · Multiple recording datesTibetan Oral History Archive ProjectLibrary of Congress, Asian Divisioncollection · Multiple recording datesTibet Oral History ProjectTibet Oral History Projectreference · 2023 hosted appendixMaps of the Tibetic areaCNRS · LACITOreference · Contemporary reference; not a historical surveyLhasa geographic referenceOpenStreetMap contributorsreference · Contemporary geographic referenceJokhang geographic referenceWikidata contributorsreference · Contemporary geographic referenceGyantse geographic referenceWikidata contributorsreference · Contemporary geographic referenceLabrang Monastery geographic referenceWikidata contributors