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Download Complete 280+ Map Index Map Index Darjeeling Area & Sikkim Greater Pokhara 340 Tibet-Distance Chart Map Index - Distance Chart 363 Guge Ruins (Tsaparang) 155 Dege (Derge) 255 152 Kashgar 154 A Delhi to Tibetan Cultural Guge Ruins - Access 152 Kathmandu 325 Aba 158 Area 281 Guide (Trika) [Heyin] 205 Kathmandu Center 327 Aba (Ngawa) 228 Delhi Town Center 282 Guinan 205 Kathmandu to the World Aba Tibetan & Qiang Deqin (Jol) Gyantse (Jiangzi) 115 of Sherpas and Autonomous [Shengpingzhen] 275 Gyantse Kumbum Tamangs - Trekking Prefecture 219 Dha 295 (Pelkhor Chorten) 118 Routes 334-5 Aba Tibetan & Qiang Dharamsala 313 Gyatsa (Jiacha) 105 Kaza 305 Autonomous Prefecture Diqing Tibetan Keylong 304 - Location 219 Autonomous H Kham 232-3 Ali (Shiquanhe) 140 Prefecture 271 Hailuogou 244 Ki/Kaza 306 Amdo 176-7 Dolpo 352-3 Hailuogou - Camp 2 244 Kings’ Tombs 95 Amdo - Central - Dorje Drak 97 Henan (Sogwo) 201 Kinnaur 309 Gannan Tibetan Drak Yerpa 99 Hezuo (Tsoe) 184 Kolkata (Calcutta) 359 Autonomous Dram (Zhangmu) Hongyuan (Mewa) 229 Kolkata (Calcutta) to Prefecture (Gansu), [Khasa-Nepalese] 128 Huangzhong [Lushaer] Sikkim, Bhutan, & Qinghai 180-1 Drepung Monastery 83 194 Arunachal Pradesh Amdo - Location 177 Drigung Til Gompa & 358 Amdo Tibetan Tidrom Hot Springs 98 J Kongpo - Around Autonomous Drongpa (Zhongba) 138 Jangritang Gompa & Nyangtri (Linzhi) Prefectures - Druka (Zhuka) 171 Yartangja Gompa 214 164-5 Location 181 Dzogang (Zuogong) 171 Jharkot 349 Kongpo & Chamdo Annapurna Trekking Dzogchen Gompa Jiuzhaigou Scenic Spot (Eastern TAR) 160-1 Times 345 (Zhuqingsi) 256 223 Kongpo & Chamdo Arunachal Pradesh 373 Jokhang (Tsuglagkhang) (Eastern TAR)- Arunachal Pradesh-West E 74 Location 161 373 Everest [Jomolangma] Jokhang Temple Area 72-3 Kongpo Gyamda 163 Trekking & Shelkar Jomsom 348 Kunming 266 B (New Tingri) - Dram Kunming to Diqing Bamei (Garthar) 248 Route 124-5 K Tibetan Autonomous Banma (Padma) 213 Everest [Jomolangma] Kagbeni 348 Prefecture 264 Batang 260 Trekking Distance Kailash, Mt - Distances Kyirong (Jilong) 130 Bayi 162 Chart 124 138 Beri Gompa (Bailisi) 253 Everest [Solu Khumbu Kailash, Mt. & Guge L Bhutan 380-1 Region] Trekking Ruins 136 Ladakh 290 Bodhnath - Tibetan Times 337 Kailash, Mt. Lahaul 303 Gompas 332 Everest Trekking Routes (Kang Rinpoche) 144 Lahaul, Spiti, and Bumthang Valley 392 -To the World of Kailash, Mt. Kinnaur Area 304 Bus Service Routes in Sherpas 334-5 (Kang Rinpoche) - Lanzhou 178 Tibetan Cultural Area Access 138-9 Leh 287 16-7 F Kailash, Mt. Leh Area - Gompas 290 Freak St. (Jochne) 329 (Kang Rinpoche) Leh Center, Around Main C [Western Tibet] - Bazaar 288 Chamdo (Changdu) 172 G Location 134 Lhamo Latso Lake 104 Chango 312 Gande (Gabde) 211 Kailash, Mt. Lhasa 68-9 Chengdu 235 Ganden Monastery 85 (Kang Rinpoche) Lhasa Area 86-7 Chumbi Valley 131 Ganden—Samye Trekking [Western Tibet] - Lhasa Mid-distance Bus Chusum (Qusong) 104 89 Routes 134-5 Station Route Bus 86 Gangtok 368 Kailash, Mt. Lhasa Minibus Route Map D Gangtok Area 370 (Kang Rinpoche) Area 68 Dali Gucheng 267 Ganzi (Kandze) 251 142 Lhasa to Kathmandu Dankar, Lhalung 307 Ganzi (Kandze) Area 252 Kangding & Luding 110-1 Daofu (Tawu) Ganzi (Kandze) Area - (Dartsedo & Lhasa-Kathmandu [Xianshuizhen] 248 Gompas 252 Chakzamka) 242 Location 110 Darchen 141 Ganzi Prefecture 238 Kangding [Luchengzhen] Lhatse (Lazi) [Quxiazhen] Dargye Gompa (Dajinsi) Ganzi Prefecture - Location (Dartsedo) 239 122 253 238 Kangding Area 241 Lhatse Area 116 Dari (Jimai) [Darlag] 212 Golmud (Ge’ermu) 197 Karakorum Highway & Lhopas 166 Darjeeling 361 Gonghe (Chabcha) 202 Kashgar to Western Lijiang [Dayanzhen] 269 Darjeeling - Central 361 Gonghe (Chabcha) Area Tibet 154-5 Linxia 179 Darjeeling Area & Sikkim 203 Karakorum Highway & Litang [Gaochengxiang] 363 Gongkar Choede 96 Kashgar to Western 259 Map Index Luding (Chakzamka) Ninglang 277 (Sangyesi) 91 Springs 156 [Luqiaozhen] 243 Norbulingka 82 Sera Monastery 84 Toling Area 151 Lugu Hu 277 Northern India/Tibetan Serdzong (Treldzong) Tongde (Kawasumdo) 206 Luhuo (Drango) Cultural Area 285 Gompa 204 Tongkhor Gompa [Xinduzhen] 249 Nubra Valley 295 Sershul Gompa (Sexusi) (Donggusi) 253 Lumbini 356 Nyalam (Nielamu) 127 258 Tongren (Repkong) Lunang (Lulang) 166 Nyangtri (Nyingtri or Shigatse (Rikaze) 112 [Longwusi Zhen] 199 Luoshui 277 Linzhi) 164 Shigatse Area 116-7 Tongren Area - Gompas Luqu (Mawen or Qiaotou) Shiqu (Sershul) 257 200 185 P Shugseb Ani Gompa 97 Tsamda (Zhada) 151 Lutsang Gompa 205 Padam (Padum) 298 Sikkim - West (Around Tsamda (Zhada) Area 151 Panggong Tso 157 Pemayangtse) 371 Tsang-gar Gompa M Paro Center 385 Sok Dzong (Suoxian) 173 (Shizangsi) - Access Maduo (Mato) 208 Paro Valley 385 Songpan (Zungchu) 221 207 Maduo (Mato) Area 208 Paryang (Payang) 138 Songpan, Huanglong, Tsethang (Zedang) 93 Ma’erkang (Barkham) Area Pasho (Basu) 169 Jiuzhaigou 222 Tsethang Area 94 225 Phuntsholing 383 Spiti Valley 305 Tukche 346 Ma’erkang (Barkham) Pokhara 340-1 Sudder St. Area 358 Center 225 Pomda (Bangda) 170 Swayambhunath - Tibetan W Manali 284 Pome (Bomi) 168 Gompas 332 Weixi (Balung) Manali Center 284 Potala Palace - [Baohezhen] 276 Manasarovar 146 Main Parts 80 T Wenquan 204 Manaslu - Trekking Route Potala Palace Tagong (Lhagang) 247 339 (Podrang Potala) 79 Taktsang Lhamo X Manigango 254 Potala Palace Area 68 (Langmusi) 186 Xiahe (Sangchu) 182 Maqin (Dawu) [Machen] Princess Wengcheng Tang-me 168 Xiahe Area & Sangke 210 Temple 217 Tarap 352 Grasslands 183 Markham (Mangkang) 170 Puh 311 Tashilhunpo Monastery Xiewu (Zhiwu) 218 Marpha 347 Purang - Simikot Border 113 Xinduqiao (Dzongzhab) McLeod Ganj Crossing 148-9 Tegar, Sumur 296 246 (Upper Dharamsala) Purang (Pulan) [Taklakot] Thamel 326-7 Xinghai (Tsigorthang) 314 150 Thamel Center 327 203 Menling (Milin) 166 Thimphu 387 Xining 191 Moxi 244 Q Thimphu - Central 387 Moxi-Hailuogou Trekking Qinghai Hu Thimphu Area 387 Y 245 (Lake Kokonor) 196 Tiantangsi (Tashi Yajiang (Nyakchuka) 258 Mugecuo Lake Que’er Shan & Xinluhai Dargyeling) Area 188 Yamdrok Yumtso Lake to (Savage’s Lake) 241 254 Tianzhu (Huacangsi) 188 Lhodrak Region 101 Muktinath 350 Queshian Area 203 Tibet (Chinese Admin Yanjing 170 Muktinath Area 350 Division) 9 Yellow River Source 209 Muli [Qiaowazhen] 261 R Tibet (Lhasa) - Access 8 Yellow River Source Area Mustang & Annapurna Rabgya Gompa & Around Tibet-Latter half of 19th 209 Region - Trekking 211 Century 32 Yongning 277 Routes 344 Rawok (Ranwu) 168 Tibet-Latter half of 8th Yungdrungling Monastery Rekong Peo 310 Century 31 119 N Road Condition and Tibetan Cultural Area - Yushu (Jyekundo) Nakchu (Naqu) 108 Distance Charts Model Tour 1 24 [Jieguzhen] 215 Nako 311 (China) 18-9 Tibetan Cultural Area - Yushu (Jyekundo) Namling (Nanmulin) 120 Ruo’ergai (Dzoge) 230 Model Tour 2 25 Prefecture 216 Namtso Lake 107 Tibetan Cultural Area - Nang Dzong (Langxian) S Model Tour 3 27 Z 105 Saga 129 Tibetan Placenames 9 Zanskar 300-1 Nangartse (Langkazi) 102 Sakya (Sajia) 121 Tibetan Settlements in Zanskar - Around Nepal 322-3 Sakya South Monastery India 316 Padam (Padum) 300-1 Nepal - Domestic Flights 122 Tingri (Dingri) 126 Zeku (Tsekok) 200 322 Samye (Sangye) 90 Tirthapuri 156 Zhongdian (Gyeltang) Nepal - Flights 323 Samye Monastery Tirthapuri Gompa & Hot [Zhongxinzhen] 272 “Mapping the Tibetan World” ©Kotan Publishing 2000 http://www.kotan.org.
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