Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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A slab-wall enclosure subdivided into various cells. An enclosure exhibiting a multi-course slab wall. The remains of a double-course slab-wall enclosure. The two so-called möndur (<i>mon dur</i>) transformed into <i>maṇi</i> walls. A double-course slab-wall fragment. A cubic tomb reduced to its foundation. The pillars of Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast. The central depository of a west slope tomb.
A west slope cubic tomb. The conical mountain underlying the burial structures. The two east slope cubic tombs. The better preserved south summit cubic tomb, overlooking the Drijiu (<i>’bri byi’u</i>). Local guide posing next to the better preserved south summit cubic tomb. Note the way in which the structure has partially collapsed. The conical mountain on the skyline (left side of image) is Nyukri (<i>smyug ri</i> [E-13]). An east slope cubic tomb. The better preserved south summit cubic tomb. Note the smaller specimen in the background. Another view of the two pillars near the site.
A so-called möndur (<i>mon dur</i>) transformed into a <i>maṇi</i> wall. The two pillars near the site. The site, seen from the Drijiu (<i>’bri byi’u</i>) Valley. A close-up view of the pillar. The pillar, with parts of the west and south walls of the enclosure visible. Funerary structure FS1. The site, seen from the south. Funerary structure FS3 (?).
The south wall of the enclosure. Funerary structure FS5. The site, seen from the west. Funerary structure FS1 overlooking the Drijiu (<i>’bri byi’u</i>) Valley. Near the upper right hand corner of the image the high conical mount of Nyukri (<i>smyug ri</i> [E-13]) can be seen. Funerary structure FS8 and other wall traces in the small hollow. Funerary structure FS7. The funerary structure FS3 to funerary structure FS7 group situated in a hollow. Funerary structure FS3 (?).

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