Until 1904 no foreigner had ever set foot inside the walled city of Lhasa. "Forbidden Lhasa" it was to the outside world. But in 1904 a British expedition captured the city, and for the first time foreigners climbed the three flights of etaire and the four ladders which are the only means of entrance into the palace from which the Dala Lama surveyed his capital city.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 208, 3 September 1935, Page 15
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