Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . d the rising ^ The five Hor States (in Tibetan Horsekanga, in Chinese Huoerh Wu-chia), consisting of Hor Beri, Hor Kangsar, Hor Mazur, Hor Drango andHor Driwo, all in the basin of the upper Yalung and its tributaries, bore thesame relation to the Lhasa Government as De-ge, that is to say, they hadbeen placed under the protection of the Dalai Lama after the Nyarong risingof 1863 had been suppressed by Tibetan troops. ^ See sketch-map facing p. 4S- The jurisdiction of the Lh

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Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . d the rising ^ The five Hor States (in Tibetan Horsekanga, in Chinese Huoerh Wu-chia), consisting of Hor Beri, Hor Kangsar, Hor Mazur, Hor Drango andHor Driwo, all in the basin of the upper Yalung and its tributaries, bore thesame relation to the Lhasa Government as De-ge, that is to say, they hadbeen placed under the protection of the Dalai Lama after the Nyarong risingof 1863 had been suppressed by Tibetan troops. ^ See sketch-map facing p. 4S- The jurisdiction of the Lhasa Amban appears to have extended originallyto Tachienlu. When the Froritier Commissionership was created in 1906the Ambans sphere of authority was cut down to correspond with the oldlimits of Tibet Proper as laid down in the reign of the Emperor Yung Cheng(1733-1736), including, but being limited in the east by, the States ofChamdo, Draya and Markam. Chao Erh-fengs Giamda boundary appearsto have been an arbitrary line, probably drawn for strategic purposes, andunsupported by historical claims of any kind. PLATE VII.