doi:10.7916/d8-xykb-4m84Oral history interview with Sonam Gyatso, 2010Li, Jianglin, 1956-video recordingsoral historiesmoving imageHistoryUprising of 1959 (Tibet Autonomous Region, China)Dge-lugs-pa lamasAmdo (Tibetan people)Refugees, TibetanAmdo (China : Region)Lhasa (China)Buxar (India : District)Bsod-nams-rgya-mtsho, Mkhan-chungʼBras-spuṅs (Monastery)Oral history interview with Sonam Gyatso (a.k.a. Bsod nams rgya mtsho, Sobha Gyamtso, Bsod bha), an 86-year old Amdo Tibetan monk (abbot?) who briefly describes growing up in a rural village (Gro tshang? or Chu bzang?) and then in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Amdo; his relocation to Lhasa; role of the Reting (Tib. Rwa sgreng) regent; the arming of monks in March 1959 at the Norbulingka; and the interviewee's escape to India in April 1959, with brief stay in Buxar.