The Tea Horse Road had two main routes stemming from Yunnan and Sichuan respectively and converging in Tibet before heading to Nepla and India.

Route A:

Xishuangbanna and Simao prefectures> Dali> Lijiang> Zhongdian>Deqin in Yunnan> Mangkang> Zogong> Bongda> Chamdo> Luolongzong> Gongbujiangda> Lhasa in Tibet. (From Lhasa it heads south through Gyantse, Pali and Yadong in Tibet and on to Burma, Nepal and India)

Route B:

Ya'an> Luding> Kangding> Litang> Batang> Chamdo> Lhasa ( then to Nepal and India)