GYANTSE, one of the large towns of Tibet. It lies south-east of Shigatse, 13o m. from the Indian frontier and 145 m. from Lhasa. Its central position at the junction of the roads from India and Bhutan with those from Ladakh and Central Asia lead ing to Lhasa makes it a considerable distributing trade centre. Its market is the third largest in Tibet, coming after Lhasa and Shigatse, and is especially celebrated for its woollen cloth and carpet manufactures. Here caravans come from Ladakh, Nepal and upper Tibet, bringing gold, borax, salt, wool, musk and furs, to exchange for tea, tobacco, sugar, cotton goods, broadcloth and hardware. In the British expedition of 1904 Gyantse was one of the first towns occupied, and by the treaty of the same year a Brit ish trade agent is stationed here.