Tibet's cartographic history begins with Tibet's map, published by Western countries in the 17th and 18th centuries based on information obtained from Jesuit missionaries and traveller's accounts.

Colonel NS Malhan, too, said it was time to take a relook at India's Tibet policy. He said China has released a new edition of the standard map, laying claim on Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin ...

The Tibet autonomous region, west of the Yangtse river and south of the Kunlun mountains is the only area recognised by modern-day China as "Tibet". It is about one third of the size of the old Tibet ...

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Historic reopening: View Kailash Peak in Tibet from old Lipulekh pass in India from Sept 15 (Photo by Twitter/I_perfectdevi) The old Lipulekh pass is situated in Vyas valley of Pithoragarh district.

China claims that India occupies some 90,000 square kilometers of its territory in India's northeast, including Arunachal Pradesh, which it views as southern Tibet.

Tibet is an independent State and the proposed map, which is in the planning stage, will have the original names of places occupied and sinicised by the Chinese.

With new names being used the Chinese side believes the people will forget the old Tibet. The Tibetan government in exile, however, has found a solution to this strategy of China.