Tibet is situated on the northern side of the Himalayas in Asia and is called the” Roof of the world”, on the lovely Tibetan plateau which is Located at an average altitude of over 4000 meters. This mysterious Buddhist kingdom, locked away in its mountain fastness of the Himalaya, has exercised a unique hold on the imagination of the West. For explorers, imperialists, and traders it was a forbidden land of treasure and riches. Dreamers on a spiritual quest have long whispered of a lost Shangri-la, steeped in magic and mystery. When the doors were finally flung open in the mid-1980s, Tibet lay in ruins. Lhasa is the political, economic, cultural and religious center along with the world’s highest palace complex, the Potala Palace, built over 1,300 years ago.