Possible Clues:

• Asian capital that's home to Jokhang Temple
• With 50 Across, dogs first brought to America as gifts from the Dalai Lama in the 1930s
• -- Apso, Tibetan breed of dog
• Capital at about 12,000 feet
• Forbidden city Liverpool has always embraced
• Location of Potala Palace
• __ apso (small dog)
• Capital city where yak butter tea is popular
• Fools seen in the French mountain city
• Capital on the northern slope of the Himalayas