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Rajah Tering and family, at their home outside of Gyantse

Item is a photograph showing five people seated with other people in the background. The image depicts Rajah Terrng, the brother of the King of Tering, seated in the center and his family. From left to right is Rajah Tering's unidentified daughter, son Chigin, son Shimi and his unidentified wife. The two women on the ends are wearing head dresses.

Jongpen, Gyantze

Item is a photograph showing one man, the Jongpen, in traditional clothing. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a jongpen is "a Dzongkha term roughly translated as governor or dzong lord".

Later repaired

Item is a photograph showing a man on horseback and a child on a bridge. The title refers to the previous photograph, a033550, in which the road way to Gangtok had been washed out in a flood.

Landscape

Item is a photograph of a the landscape with a meadow in the foreground and hills in the background.

Kangchenjunga NE

Item is a photograph of a the landscape with a meadow in the foreground and mountains in the background.

Gnatong

Item is a photograph showing houses and path winding down the hill. Although labeled Gnatong, this is most likely Phari or Tuna.

Dak bung[a]low

Item is a photograph showing a landscape with a river in the foreground and mountains in the background. A single house is in the centre. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a <i>dak</i> is referred to as being "a post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers". A dak bungalow refers to a lodging house, typically one story with a large verandah, along a dak route.

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