Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

The east face of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The south-facing entranceway to the north dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The east and north walls of the north dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The middle tier entranceway in the southeast dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). A close-up of the site’s stonework. The entranceway to the site. The courtyard and building. The interior of the site.
The middle tier south room. The lower rampart of the fortress. A rampart fragment of the fortress. The central rampart of the fortress. A defensive structure of the fortress’s central ramparts. A natural terrace behind a central rampart. The double-course subsidiary enclosure inside funerary structure FS2. Note the outer perimeter walls in the background. Funerary structure FS1.
The ruined enclosure. Note the pillar-like stones in the elevated south wall of the enclosure. The two local guides stand in the background. A close-up of the prostrate stones in an enclosing wall of funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS2. Note the heaped-stone wall belonging to the south and east sides of the enclosure. The smaller enclosure. The site’s two interconnected enclosures. The larger enclosure. The probable remains of a funerary superstructure. The large central structure of the castle.
One of the outer structures of the castle. Funerary structure FS2. The ransacked funerary structure FS4. The east face ledge. The foundations of a summit structure. A revetment at the fortress site. The summit of the fortress. The Nyawo Tsangpo (<i>nya bo gtsang po</i>) Basin is visible in the background. The mount underlying the stronghold.

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