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Photographs in Tibet Autonomous Region

Prominent structures of the summit stronghold. Ruined edifices on the summit. A rocky dispersion composed of terraces and walls of the ancient village. The Derok Tsangpo (<i>sde rog gtsang po</i>) is visible in the upper left-hand corner of the image. The summit stronghold. Sub-flooring in a ruined building of the castle. The relatively well-preserved perimeter wall of an upper bench structure. Structural remains at the site. Note the demarcation between older and more recently abandoned agricultural lands in the upper part of the image. Prominent freestanding wall fragments. More recently abandoned fields occupy the upper left side of the image.
The entranceway between the lower and upper tiers of the upper complex. Structures of the upper complex. Ruined structures at the site. Abandoned agricultural fields spread out below the site in the Dechö (<i>sde chos</i>) Valley. Ruined structures at the site. A standing wall and structural rubble in the lower complex. Structures of the summit castle. A wall fragment clinging to the formation in the lower complex. A small portion of the northwest sector of the ancient village and the castle.
The remains of a residential structure in the ancient village. The ruins of the castle from the inner side of the formation. The outer (west) side of the formation. The main structure at Ganden Tsewang Khar (<i>dga’ ldan tshe dbang mkhar</i>). The upper site. Trashigang (<i>bkra shis sgang</i>), the walled citadel converted into a monastery is visible in the valley below. To the left of the Trashigang Monastery is the Senggé Tsangpo (<i>seng ge gtsang po</i>). The outer (east) side of the formations. The lower complex is situated on the small outcrop on the left side of the image while the upper complex sits on the larger pyramidal mount to the right. There appears to have been a gateway in the gap between the two formations. A portion of cluster 2 (?). A coherent wall fragment of the enclosure.
The site. Note the road running past the site in the foreground and the Senggé Tsangpo (<i>seng ge gtsang po</i>) in the background. The site’s fragmentary enclosure. Cluster 2 (foreground), cluster 3 (background). Cluster 3. In the background are outliers of the Ayila (<i>a yi la</i>) range. Seated inside the structure are two members of the survey team. The excavated funerary structure FS5. It is unclear where the large stones in the foreground were originally positioned. The opened funerary structure FS10. Note the superstructure, which appears to be of single-course construction. The opened funerary structure FS3. The great troglodytic settlement of Chiwang Namgyel (<i>phyi dbang rnam rgyal</i>).

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