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Thanks. So it proves - that most of the people fleeing China were themselves slaves, not slave-owners. Obviously, they would seek refuge in India then. Makes complete sense.Yup.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism
"Until 1959, when China cracked down on Tibetan rebels and the Dalai Lama fled to northern India, around 98% of the population was enslaved in serfdom. Drepung monastery, on the outskirts of Lhasa, was one of the world's largest landowners with 185 manors, 25,000 serfs, 300 pastures, and 16,000 herdsmen. High-ranking lamas and secular landowners imposed crippling taxes, forced boys into monastic slavery and pilfered most of the country's wealth – torturing disobedient serfs by gouging out their eyes or severing their hamstrings."
This is from the British paper 'The Guardian'. This is the gang that entered India in 1959.