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Photographs in Gar

The highly disturbed funerary structure FS5 dispersion. A test trench dug by grave robbers at funerary structure FS6. A test trench recently dug at funerary structure FS10. A recent excavation carried out at funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS3. The rocks in the foreground were recently piled up. A structure deeply set into the ground on the east side of the summit complex. Funerary structure FS1. On top of the isolated conical hill in the background is Khargok Dorjé Yudrönma (<i>mkhar gog rdo rje g.yu sgron ma</i>) (A-124). Funerary structure FS1 (foreground), funerary structure FS2 (background). In the valley bottom is the agrarian village of Demchok (<i>bde mchog</i>).
The extensive castle ruins. A portion of the castle dispersion. North rim structures at the castle site. Ruined structures on the summit. The east funerary enclosure. The north funerary enclosure. The logistical support team peering into the structure. The east side of the structure.
The north and east sides of the structure. The recently damaged west face of the structure. In 2004 stones were extracted from the revetment for use at local pastoral camps. The interior of the structure. Interconnected enclosures in the south sector of the main cluster. Interconnected enclosures of the north sector in the main cluster. The mesa with the sloping top in the upper left hand corner of the image is Khardong (<i>mkhar gdong</i>). The site’s large tumulus. The site’s walled pillars. Note the smaller pillars in and against the south wall and how the enclosure is prominently elevated above the surrounding plain. The wall subdividing the north section of the enclosure (center foreground) is also visible. The site’s walled pillars. Note how the enclosure is partitioned into two main sections. The Chunak (<i>chu nag</i>) flood plain is to the left of the monument.
The large pillar (long-stone DR2) in the south section of the enclosure. The south sector of the castle. North sector structures of the castle. The forward wall of the castle’s south sector edifice. A herringbone course of masonry in the castle structure. The forward portion of the castle. 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>).

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