Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

The large enclosure among the upper superficial structures. The single intact pillar. The pillar and enclosure. Note the opening in the east wall (foreground). Funerary structure FS5. Note the cubic tomb and subsidiary slab-wall enclosure within the bounds of the larger enclosure. Funerary structure FS4 is in the background at the edge of the saddle. Lower superficial structure. Funerary structure FS4. The dark-colored mountain underlying the site’s structures. A heavily impacted enclosure. Note the recently uprooted stones.
The pillars and enclosure. Note the well-formed double-course slab walls enclosing the pillars. The pillars and enclosure. Two members of the survey team paying their respects to the pillar. Note the opening in the middle of the east wall. The site’s three pillars. The remains of funerary structure FS3, a single-course quadrate enclosure. Funerary structure FS1, the focus of wanton destruction. The top of funerary structure FS6. Note the large well-formed central depository. In the background is Tarap Tso (<i rta rabs mtsho</i>). Funerary structure FS6.
The site’s graceful pillars. The large funerary structure FS7, Khyichongla (<i>khyi mchong la</i>) group. The central depository of funerary structure FS18, Pema Nakyöl (<i>pad+ma nag yol</i>) group. Funerary structure FS10, Khyichongla (<i>khyi mchong la</i>) group. Funerary structure FS5, Khyichongla (<i>khyi mchong la</i>) group. Funerary structure FS18, Pema Nakyöl (<i>pad+ma nag yol</i>) group. Funerary structure FS17, Pema Nakyöl (<i>pad+ma nag yol</i>) group. The central depository of funerary structure FS16, Pema Nakyöl (<i>pad+ma nag yol</i>) group.
Funerary structure FS8 in dramatic circumstances, Khyichongla (<i>khyi mchong la</i>) group. The site, seen from the west. The array of pillars looking east. The vestiges of the appended edifice. The site, seen from the southwest. Looking west from the site. Note the small mound in the background, the remains of the appended edifice. Larger standing stones of the array. Slab-wall traces on the east side of the pillar array.

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