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- The Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso, lived through a turbulent time in Tibetan and world history. Forced into exile first by a British invasion and then by a Chinese invasion, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama learned about modern technology and different forms of government.
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Due to his two periods of exile in 1904–1909, to escape the British invasion of 1904, and from 1910 to 1913 to escape a Chinese invasion, he became well aware of the complexities of international politics and was the first Dalai Lama to become aware of the importance of foreign relations.
The Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso, lived through a turbulent time in Tibetan and world history. Forced into exile first by a British invasion and then by a Chinese invasion, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama learned about modern technology and different forms of government.
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The boy who would be the 13th Dalai Lama was born into a peasant family in southern Tibet. He was recognized as the tulkuof the 12th Dalai Lama and escorted to Lhasa in 1877. In September 1895, he assumed spiritual and political authority in Tibet. The nature of the relationship between China and Tibet in 1895 is hard to define. Certainly, Tibet ha...
In 1906, the 13th Dalai Lama began his return to Tibet. He did not go to Lhasa, however, but stayed at Kumbun monastery in southern Tibet for over a year. Meanwhile, Beijing remained concerned that the British would attack China through Tibet. The government decided that protecting itself from attack meant taking control of Tibet. As His Holiness s...
The situation in Lhasa changed suddenly in 1911 when the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. On hearing this news, the Dalai Lama moved to Sikkim to direct the expulsion of the Chinese. The Chinese occupation force left without direction, supplies, or reinforcement, and was defeated by Tibetan troops ...
Sam van Schaik. Tibet: A History. Yale University Press, 2011Melvyn C. Goldstein. The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama. University of California Press, 1997The Third Purchok, Jampa Gyatso (phur lcog 03 byams pa rgya mtsho, 1824-1901) of Sera Monastery, who had served as a tutor to the Twelfth Dalai Lama, was appointed as the junior tutor to the Thirteenth. The young Dalai Lama became close to his junior tutor, whom he held in great affection.
Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal, abbreviated to Thubten Gyatso [1] (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: Thub Bstan Rgya Mtsho; 12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, [2] enthroned during a turbulent era and the collapse of the Qing Empire.
2 days ago · The 13th Dalai Lama, Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho (Tupten Gytaso; 1876–1933), ruled with great personal authority. The successful revolt within China against its ruling Qing dynasty in 1911–12 gave the Tibetans the opportunity to dispel the disunited Chinese troops, and the Dalai Lama reigned as head of a sovereign state. The 14th Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama fled from Lhasa, narrowly escaping capture by the Chinese troops. He crossed the India frontier on the 21st February 1910, arriving at Darjeeling on the 3rd March 1910, and continued to reside in Darjeeling in a house placed at his disposal by the Indian Government, and at Kalimpong until July 1912 when he returned to Tibet.
