evidence: Tawang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is the largest monastery in the country. It is situated in the valley of the Tawang Chu, in close proximity to the Chinese and Bhutanese border. [...] Until 1914, this region of India was under the control of Tibet. However, under the Simla Agreement of 1913-14, the area came under the control of the British Raj.[15][14] Tibet gave up several hundred square miles of its territory, including the whole of the Tawang region and the monastery, to the British.[16] This disputed territory was the bone of contention for the 1962 India China war,[15][14] when China invaded India on 20 October 1962 from the northeastern border, forcing the Indian army to retreat. They occupied Tawang, including the monastery, for six months, but did not desecrate it.[17] China claimed that Tawang belonged to Tibet. It is one of the few monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism that have remained protected from Mao's Cultural Revolution without any damage. [...] - ^ "Tawang District: The Land of Monpas". National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2009.