Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

The forward wall of the castle’s south sector edifice. A herringbone course of masonry in the castle structure. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS10. The central chamber of funerary structure FS7. Note the in situ long slab on the right side of the image, which partly caps the central chamber. The forward portion of the castle.
The south slab-wall structure (Site 2). The lone pillar (Site 3). The pillars erected inside an enclosure (Site 4). Note the double-course slab wall forming the west side of the enclosure. The appended edifice (Site 1). Note the tiny coherent wall fragment. The array of pillars from the appended edifice (Site 1). As can be seen, all the pillars in the western portion of the array have disappeared. The square slab-wall structure east of the pillar array (Site 1). The array of pillars appended to an edifice (Site 1) from the north. Note the drokpa (<i>’brog pa</i>) encampment in the background. The local residents have been instrumental in protecting this very important archaeological monument. The array of pillars appended to an edifice (Site 1) from the east. Note the traces of the slab wall running in front of the pillars.
Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structures of the west rim with members of the survey team. One of the wall fragments on the edge of the formation. The tent-like rocky outcrop. The site’s four pillars. A close-up of the pillars. The pillar site. The site’s pillars. Note how the terrain slopes down.
Funerary structure FS6. Funerary structure FS6. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS4. Note the way in which the entire structure is prominently raised above the surrounding plain. The entrance to the Chakgo Draklung (<i>lcags sgo brag lung</i>) gorge can be seen in the background. Funerary structure FS5. The dispersions of stones in the foreground appear to have been part of ancillary structures. Funerary structure FS7. The southern extension of Tsho Ngönmo (<i>mtsho sngon mo</i>) can be seen in the distance.

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