Chakzam or Chaksam or Jagsam means "iron bridge" in the Tibetan language (). It may refer to: *

Chushul Chakzam The Chushul Chakzam (), or simply Chakzam which literally means "iron bridge" in Standard Tibetan, was a suspension bridge that spanned the Yarlung Zangbo River, Yarlung Tsangpo river in modern-day Qüxü County near Lhasa, Tibet. It was built i ...

near Lhasa, one of the first bridges of its kind built by Thang Tong Gyalpo in 1430 *

Jagsamka Township Chakzam or Chaksam or Jagsam means "iron bridge" in the Tibetan language (). It may refer to: * Chushul Chakzam near Lhasa, one of the first bridges of its kind built by Thang Tong Gyalpo in 1430 * Jagsamka Township in Riwoqê County * Luding Count ...

Riwoqê County Riwoche (; zh, s=类乌齐县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county lies in eastern Tibet and borders Qinghai province to the north. Riwoche is the name o ...

Luding County Luding County ( zh, s=泸定县 , t=瀘定縣 , p=Lúdìng Xiàn), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam (), is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China. Luding County ...

in Sichuan province, whose Tibetan name is Chagsam due to the iron bridge *

Thang Tong Gyalpo Thangtong Gyalpo () (1385 CE–1464 CE or 1361 CE–1485 CE), is also known as Chakzampa, the "Iron Bridge Maker" (), Tsöndrü Zangpo "Excellent Persistence" (), and the King of the Empty Plain.Sarah Harding. Niguma, Lady of Illusion. Sn ...

, also known as Chakzampa, a Bhutanese lama who built 58 iron bridges

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