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Photographs in John Vincent Bellezza Collection

The saddle-shaped island of Dotaga (<i>do rta sga</i>) in jewel-like Darok Tso (<i>da rog mtsho</i>). The big and small headlands of Lemar Jang (<i>sle dmar byang</i>) are in the foreground. A red ochre framed letter <i>a</i> and counterclockwise swastika in Chölung Puk (<i>chos lung phug</i>), zimpuk (<i>gzims phug</i>). An archaic ceremonial structure in red ochre. The ruined retreat structure house north of the formation’s defile. An ancient <i>maṇi mantra</i> in red ochre and a white pigment. The north sector dispersion, with the village of Ombu <i>’om bu</i> bu in the background. The remnants of a revetment. A revetment fragment.
Vestiges of a foundation. A south sector structure deeply set into the ground. Residential structure RS5. A view of the level walkway below the summit. A coherent wall fragment. The interior of cave P1. The base of the castle. Caves in the right wing of the khyung (<i>khyung</i>) formation.
The main troglodytic settlement. Type I.1c. A staggered rampart network with parapet wall on summit; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>) or chöten (<i>mchod rten</i>) class; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art and tokchak (<i>thog lcags</i>) (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>), sekhar (<i>gsas mkhar</i>) or lhaten (<i>lha rten</i>) class; reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art, tokchak (<i>thog lcags</io>) and larger models made of stone and iron (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>), sekhar (<i>gsas mkhar</i>) or lhaten (<i>lha rten</i>) class; reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art, tokchak (<i>thog lcags</i>) and larger models made of stone and iron (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>), sekhar (<i>gsas mkhar</i>) or lhaten (<i>lha rten</i>) class; reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art, tokchak (<i>thog lcags</i>) and larger models made of stone and iron (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.3. Cubic mountaintop tomb; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2e. Terraced funerary construction from the eastern Jangtang (<i>byang thang</i>); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay)
Type II.2d. Larger bangso (<i>bang so</i>) with cruciform walls on top; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2d. Smaller bangso (<i>bang so</i>); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2c. Heaped-stone wall enclosure; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2b. Double-course quadrate enclosure with well developed walls; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2b. Double-course quadrate enclosure composed of upright slabs; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2b. Double-course quadrate enclosure composed of stones embedded in the ground; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2a. Single-course quadrate enclosure composed of upright blocky stones; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1c. Quadrate array of pillars with appended edifice (larger example); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the west (drawn by Kleo Belay)

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