Definition of Capital of Tibet

1. Noun. The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers.

Exact synonyms: Forbidden City, Lassa, Lhasa
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Xizang

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Literary usage of Capital of Tibet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"THE CAPITAL Lhasa is at once the capital of Tibet and the religious metropolis of all the Buddhists of the Chinese Empire; its name signifies "Throne of ..."

2. Tibet and the Tibetans by Graham Sandberg (1906)
"CHAPTER X. LHASA; THE capital of Tibet* SITUATION AND GENERAL ASPECT. ... The world-renowned capital of Tibet, the Rome of the northern cults of Buddhism, ..."

3. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... its inhabitants are the " most industrious, skilful, and polite of all the Tibetan races" (p. 123). Lhassa, its capital, is also the capital of Tibet, ..."

4. Tibet and Turkestan: A Journey Through Old Lands and a Study of New Conditions by Oscar Terry Crosby (1905)
"... and it is a point to remember that Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, is situated—if not on the banks of the Brahmaputra River itself—on the banks of a small ..."

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