Dokham

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The three historical provinces of Tibet: Ü-Tsang , Amdo and Kham.
Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
མདོ་ ཁམས་
Wylie transliteration :
mdo khams

Dokham ( Tibetan མདོ་ ཁམས་ Wylie mdo khams ) refers to the two eastern Tibetan cultural regions of Amdo and Kham . In the past, the term was also used to represent the whole of Eastern Tibet, the division into Amdo and Kham only happened in the 19th century.

See also

Dokham (alternative names of the lemma)
Duokang 朵 康, 多 康