Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

An outer structure of the castle. An outer structure of the castle. The large central structure of the castle. The entrance to the cave’s underground chamber. Above-ground structures near the entrance to the underground chamber. The interior of the underground chamber of. Residential structure RS12. The central section of residential structure RS2.
Residential structure RS2. The cave’s interior. A walled space outside the cave. The cave in the snow. The entrance and the cave’s façade. The ancient Bon hermitage at the fortress. Walls of the upper complex, Lhünburtsé (<i>lhun ’bur rtse</i>). The altar in the Bon hermitage at the fortress.
The entranceway to the Bon hermitage. A portion of the lower site rampart. Funerary structure FS3 (?). The upper complex of the fortress, with Dangra Yutso (<i>dang ra g.yu mtsho</i>) in the background. The high point of the fortress. Funerary structure FS5. Note the abandoned habitation beside the mound. The survey team measuring FS5. Funerary structure FS6. In the background are the azure blue waters of Dangra Yutso (<i>dang ra g.yu mtsho</i>).
Funerary structure FS5, the site’s great burial tumulus. An intricate array of slab-wall fragments in the north sector. North sector structures. The road in the image runs between the Nyima (<i>nyi ma</i>) County seat and the Ganglung (<i>gangs lung</i>) Township headquarters. The south sector enclosure. The south sector enclosure. Note the integral double-course 12-m long north wall segment on the right side of the image. Funerary structure FS1. The site’s tallest pillars. The site in profile.

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