Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

The site’s middle dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The rear wall of the middle dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). Another view of the site. Another view of the site. The site’s pillars. The largest pillar and neighboring specimens. The north complex. Note the uprooted stelae in the foreground. The tallest pillar of the south complex.
A close-up of a few pillars in the north complex. The pillars of the north complex. The pillars of the north complex. A portion of Kyangbum Dzong (<i>rkyang bum rdzong</i>). Part of the long rampart of the east formation. A rampart segment and the superior level area of the west formation. Rampart fragments of the west formation. The west and east formations. Ramparts are visible on both formations.
Defensive works of the west formation. Stone and rammed-earth buildings. An all-stone corbelled lower story with an intact entranceway. The tall stone and rammed-earth walls. Düja (<i>bdud bya</i> or <i>skyung ka</i>) birds soaring above the site. A close-up of a structural band used to support a heavy roof assembly. The sockets and masonry band used to support a second story are visible in this image. Another view of the site’s largest pillars.
The site’s pillars. The south wall of the enclosure. The site’s largest pillars. The site’s two rooted pillars. Note the sacred Bon lake Gunggyü Tso (<i>gung rgyud mtsho</i>) in the background. The shorter in situ pillar. The site’s still standing and uprooted pillars. The tallest in situ pillar. Gunggyü Tso (<i>gung rgyud mtsho</i>) can just be made out in the background. Funerary structure FS5.

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