1936 - 1937 Mission Diary

The official diary of the Gould mission to Lhasa sent by the British government. Read more about the mission diary.

Monday, 12th October.

Jetsun Kusho called today. She is a sister of Dorje Phagmo (The Thunderbolt Sow) the only woman incarnation in Tibet. She is a shy, little, old nun and has come to Lhasa from Samding where she lives with Dorje Phagmo, to look after a brother who is ill.

Author: Frederick Spencer Chapman [see handwritten annotations in Diary by Hugh Richardson in MS. Or. Richardson 2, Bodleian Libary, Department of Oriental Collections, University of Oxford]

Page Reference: Pt VIII p.1

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