Context: This period also saw some contacts with Jesuits and Capuchins from Europe, and in 1774 a Scottish nobleman, George Bogle, came to Shigatse to investigate prospects of trade for the British East India Company. However, in the 19th century the situation of foreigners in Tibet grew more tenuous. The British Empire was encroaching from northern India into the Himalayas, the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire were expanding into Central Asia and each power became suspicious of the others' intentions in Tibet.

Question: When did George Bogle come to Shigatse to investigate prospects of trade.
Answer: 1774

Question: Who came to Tibet from Europe?
Answer: Jesuits and Capuchins

Question: When did the British and Russian empires begin encroaching on Tibet?
Answer: 19th century

Question: Who came to Shigatse in 1747?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Why did George Bogle go to Shigatse in 1747?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which empire encroached from northern India in 1774?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which empire was expanding into Asia in 1774?
Answer: Unanswerable