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Photographs in Tibet Autonomous Region

The tiered ruins of Dzongmar (<i>rdzong dmar</i>). The adobe-block walls of the Lamaist occupation (Phase II) behind the stone walls of the archaic cultural horizon (Phase I), Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>). The adobe-block walls of Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>) (Phase II) and the much more substantial outlying stone structures of the archaic cultural horizon (Phase I). The Dzongmar (<i>rdzong dmar</i>) dispersion. Phase I structural traces at Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>). The island’s central shrine. The sacred mountain Nyenchen Tanglha (<i>gnyan chen thang lha</i>, highest in the range) is visible on the far side of Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>). The east side of the Lukhangché (<i>klu khang che</i>). The roots of a massive wall bounding the escarpment.
The island, across frozen Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>) from Rikngado (<i>rigs lnga do</i>). One of the ramparts of the lower summit. A so-called möndur (<i>mon dur</i>) of Changla Takpuk (<i>cang la btags phug</i>). The portion of the cave with human bone fragments and other debris, Changla Takpuk (<i>cang la btags phug</i>). The entrance to Changla Takpuk (<i>cang la btags phug</i>). The staggered defensive wall fragments of the lower summit. The large amounts of rubble in front of the cave. Fragment of a curtain-wall at the low end of the site.
Local guides at the disintegrated front of the cave. A close-up of a curtain-wall fragment at the low end of the site. The formation supporting the remains. A defensive wall rising above the summit of the formation. One of the two wall sections on the more westerly ledge in the rear of the cave. Funerary structure FS7. Masonry structure in the middle of the rear wall of the cave. The rear of the cave, looking towards the entrance.
The wall on the east ledge in the rear of the cave. Funerary structure FS5. Funerary structure FS7. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS2 with the backdrop ridge to the west. A portion of funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS3. A close-up of a wall fragment.

Tibet Autonomous Region in Places


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