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Photographs in Tibet Autonomous Region

The side of the pillar with carvings. A close-up of the old swastika carving and the much more recently engraved letter <i>a</i>. The standing pillar. Note the stones piled around its base. The broken side of the pillar facing towards the enclosure. A relatively intact wall fragment. A flank of the site. A portion of the summit of the site. Engraved scrollwork on a stone at Korön (<i>ko ron</i>).
The forward wall of Khyunglung Khartsé (<i>khyung lung mkhar rtse</i>). Note the wooden lintels above the entranceway and windows. The southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). Room 5 of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The north portion of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The formation underlying the fortress. The forward portion of the structure. A close-up of the in situ, lichen-covered corbels of the central west structure. The east side of the structure.
The west side of the structure. The east face of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The south-facing entranceway to the north dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The east and north walls of the north dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The middle tier entranceway in the southeast dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). A close-up of the site’s stonework. The entranceway to the site. The courtyard and building.
The interior of the site. The middle tier south room. The lower rampart of the fortress. A rampart fragment of the fortress. The central rampart of the fortress. A defensive structure of the fortress’s central ramparts. A natural terrace behind a central rampart. The double-course subsidiary enclosure inside funerary structure FS2. Note the outer perimeter walls in the background.

Tibet Autonomous Region in Places


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