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A settlement in Ladakh, on trans-Himalayan routes between Tibet, Kashmir, and Central Asia, near the Karakoram system. It occupied an important position in overland movement across high-altitude Inner Asian trade corridors. In the context of Syriac Christianity, Tangtse is notable for a Sogdian inscription and carved crosses dated to 825, evidence that Christian travelers or emissaries were active in this Himalayan contact zone beyond China proper.4

Names

  • Drangtse1, 2
  • Tangtse1, 3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 34.0324877000° Long. 78.1677675000°1
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  • 1 Ian Mladjov, Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 10. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 2 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 827. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 3 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 833. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Roderic L. Mullen, The Geographical Context of the Tangtse Inscriptions, in Winds of Jingjiao: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia, ed. Li Tang and Dietmar W. Winkler, Orientalia ‒ Patristica ‒ Oecumenica 9 (Wien: LIT, 2016), 63–88, p: 63-88. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “Drangtse” last modified April 21, 2026, http://syriaca.org/place/4287.

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David A. Michelson et al., “Drangtse.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2026. Entry published April 21, 2026. http://syriaca.org/place/4287.

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