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Photographs in Tibet Autonomous Region

Funerary structure FS1. The walls subdividing this enclosure are barely visible. Double-course walls of the pillar enclosure. The site’s pillars. The site’s walled pillars seen from the south. The site’s pillars. Note the amount of rubble scattered around the enclosure. The site’s pillars. The site’s funerary enclosure. The east face of the main pillar.
The intact pillar (left) and broken pillar (right). The site’s pillars, with a local guide. The site’s twin pillars. The site’s intact pillar. A drokpa (<i>’brog pa</i>) homestead can be seen in the background. Funerary structure FS4. Note the double-course perimeter walls in the foreground. The inner enclosure or grave marker of funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS1. The inner enclosure or grave marker is located near the left wall of the enclosure. Funerary structure FS4.
The mountaintop structure. Ngangla Ringtso (<i>ngang la ring mtsho</i>) is visible on the right side of the image. The south side the structure. Note the coherent stonework of the structure. The basin of Zhingsa (<i>zhing sa</i>) is visible in the background. The mountaintop structure. Another view of funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS1. Four of the site’s pillars. Two of the site’s pillars.
The site’s pillars. Note the way in which the site has been engulfed by sand and brush. A portion of the lower complex. The north side of the isolated pillar. The formation from the west. The rocky crest dividing the summit into south (right) and north complexes (left). Note the ramparts lining the rim of the summit. A north summit complex structure. A south summit complex rampart. The south side of the isolated pillar.

Tibet Autonomous Region in Places


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