Chakpori
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Chakpori (Tib. ལྕགས་པོ་རི་, Wyl. lcags po ri) or Chakhari (Tib. ལྕགས་ཁ་རི་, Wyl. lcags kha ri), the 'Iron Colour Mount', is a sacred hill near the Potala to the south-west of Lhasa, on top of which stood the famous medical college founded in 1695 (or 1696 according to some sources).