ਪੋਤਾਲਾ ਪੈਲੇਸ

**ਪੋਤਾਲਾ ਪੈਲੇਸ** ਲਹਾਸਾ, (ਤਿੱਬਤ ਦੇ ਖ਼ੁਦਮੁਖਤਿਆਰ ਖਿੱਤੇ) ਚੀਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਮਾਰਪੋ ਰੀ ਪਹਾੜੀ ’ਤੇ ਬਣਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਲਹਾਸਾ ਦੀ ਘਾਟੀ ਤੋਂ 130 ਮੀਟਰ ਦੀ ਉਚਾਈ ’ਤੇ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਤਿੱਬਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਇਮਾਰਤੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ 1645 ਵਿੱਚ ਪੰਜਵੇਂ ਦਲਾਈਲਾਮਾ ਸਮੇਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਇਆ ਅਤੇ 1648 ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਈਟ ਪੈਲੇਸ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ ਪੂਰਾ ਹੋਇਆ। ਚੌਦਵੇਂ ਦਲਾਈਲਾਮਾ ਦੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਕੇ ਸ਼ਿਆਸੀ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਇਹ ਮਹਿਲ ਤਿੱਬਤੀ ਰੂਹਾਨੀ ਆਗੂ ਦਲਾਈਲਾਮਾ ਦੀ ਰਿਹਾਇਸ਼ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।

## ਇਤਿਹਾਸ 
[right|thumb|The former quarters of the Dalai Lama. The figure in the throne represents [14ਵੇਂ ਦਲਾਈ ਲਾਮਾ|Tenzin Gyatso, the incumbent Dalai Lama]]

## ਸ਼ਿਲਪਕਾਰੀ 
thumb|The Potala Palace in Lhasa.

## ਗੈਲਰੀ 

File:The rooftop of the Potala.jpg|The rooftop of the Potala
File:Lhasa.jpg|On the roof of Potala Palace
File:Mendicant monk. Lhasa 1993.jpg|Mendicant monk at base of Potala, 1993
File:Potala palace22.jpg|View of the Potala from the former Lhasa West Gate
File:Potala-from-behind 07-2005.jpg|Potala from behind, seen from Ching Drol Chi Ling
File:The quiet and peaceful park, pond, and chapel behind the Potala.jpg|The quiet and peaceful park, pond, and chapel behind the Potala
File:Chinese stone lion at the entrance to the Potala Pallace.jpg|Snow Lions protect the entrance to the Potala Palace
File:Potala 2.jpg|The walls of the Red Palace

## ਹੋਰ ਦੇਖੋ 
* Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace
* Jokhang Temple Monastery
* Dhvaja
* *Kundun*, a 1997 film about the Dalai Lama, chiefly set inside the palace
* *Seven Years in Tibet*
* Leh Palace
* Mount Putuo

## ਨੋਟਸ 
## ਹਵਾਲੇ 
* [./File:PD-icon.svg ] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). *Encyclopædia Britannica* (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
* Beckwith, Christopher I. (1987). *The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia*. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 0-691-02469-3.
* "Reading the Potala". Peter Bishop. In: *Sacred Spaces and Powerful Places In Tibetan Culture: A Collection of Essays*. (1999) Edited by Toni Huber, pp.&nbsp;367–388. The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, H.P., India. ISBN 81-86470-22-0.
* Das, Sarat Chandra. *Lhasa and Central Tibet*. (1902). Edited by W. W. Rockhill. Reprint: Mehra Offset Press, Delhi (1988), pp.&nbsp;145–146; 166-169; 262-263 and illustration opposite p.&nbsp;154.
* Larsen and Sinding-Larsen (2001). *The Lhasa Atlas: Traditional Tibetan Architecture and Landscape*, Knud Larsen and Amund Sinding-Larsen. Shambhala Books, Boston. ISBN 1-57062-867-X.
* Richardson, Hugh E. (1984) *Tibet & Its History*. 1st edition 1962. Second Edition, Revised and Updated. Shambhala Publications. Boston ISBN 0-87773-376-7.
* Richardson, Hugh E. (1985). *A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions*. Royal Asiatic Society. ISBN 0-94759300-4.
* Snellgrove, David & Hugh Richardson. (1995). *A Cultural History of Tibet*. 1st edition 1968. 1995 edition with new material. Shambhala. Boston & London. ISBN 1-57062-102-0.
* von Schroeder, Ulrich. (1981). *Indo-Tibetan Bronzes*. (608 pages, 1244 illustrations). Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications Ltd. ISBN 962-7049-01-8
* von Schroeder, Ulrich. (2001). *Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet*. Vol. One: *India & Nepal*; Vol. Two: *Tibet & China*. (Volume One: 655 pages with 766 illustrations; Volume Two: 675 pages with 987 illustrations). Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd. ISBN 962-7049-07-7
* von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2008. *108 Buddhist Statues in Tibet*. (212 p., 112 colour illustrations) (DVD with 527 digital photographs). Chicago: Serindia Publications. ISBN 962-7049-08-5

## ਬਾਹਰੀ ਕੜੀਆਂ 
* Potala Palace (UNESCO)
* Potala  (Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library)
* Research work on possible relation with Potala, Malaya Mountains and South India 
* Research work on Buddhism in India 
* Google Maps location of Potala Palace
* Three-dimensional rendering of Potala Palace  (without plugin; in English, Spanish, German)