(en) Yangdon Dhondup, Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan Poetry in Chinese, in Lauran R. Hartley, Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani, Modern Tibetan literature and social change, Duke University Press, 2008, 382 p., (ISBN0822342774 et 9780822342779), p. 37 : « There were a number of attempts to establish other schools such as the Gyantsé school and the Lhasa English school but unfortunately these projects were undermined by conservative factions within the clergy. »
(en) Gyurme Dorje, Footprint Tibet Handbook, Footprint Travel Guides, 1999, 968 pages, p. 276 : « Traditionally Tibetan carpet making was a cottage industry, which developed in the Khampa Dzong area south of Gyantse, and the carpets produced even now in Gyantse are renowned. »
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(en) Alex. C. McKay, The Establishment of the British Trade Agencies in Tibet: A Survey, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1992), Third Series, 2, pp. 399-421 : « Between 1904 and 1947 Agents from the Indian Political Service, and supporting staff, were stationed in Gyantse and Yatung, under the control of the Political Officer in Sikkim. An Agency was also maintained at Gartok in Western Tibet, where a native officer was posted as the Trade Agent. »
Dans la notice nécrologique consacrée le 4 mars 2006 à (en) Hank Baker, un opérateur radio posté au Tibet pendant la 2e guerre mondiale, le site Telegraph.co.uk parle plus précisément de « the Indian army garrison » « at Gyantse fort », garnison de l'armée des Indes que Hank Baker, de passage en 1938, avait été invité à inspecter.
