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Funerary structure FS3 in the upper sector. A view of twin funerary structures FS1 in the upper sector. The lower sector dispersion. Structural vestiges of the lower sector. Upright slab wall fragments, funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS10. Funerary structure FS5. Dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>) South. Note the niches and in situ corbelling.
Dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>) North. Dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>) South. The cave site. The site, taken from nearly the same perspective as George Roerich used for his 1928 photograph of the site. Mönpé Doring (<i>mon pa’i rdo ring</i>). The double-course funerary enclosure. Measuring funerary structure FS1. The lake is Bültso (<i>bul mtsho</i>) and in the snowy range of mountains beyond is the sacred mountain Kyungka (<i>skyung ka</i>). Funerary structure FS23, one of the site’s more intact funerary structures. In the background is Dungtso (<i>mdung mtsho</i>) and beyond the lake is Namra (<i>nam ra</i>), the high snow peak.
Funerary structure FS49. The survey team at funerary structure FS127. The low elevation structure of funerary structure FS28. The pillars and enclosure. The site’s three pillars. The site’s three pillars. The site, seen from the north. Funerary structure FS1.
The site’s main pillars. The site’s pillars. Note the large partly submerged pillar. The site, seen from the south. Two of the site’s pillars. Funerary structure FS6. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS3.

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