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Photographs in John Vincent Bellezza Collection

The site’s pillars. Note the different alignments and spatial ordering of the standing stones.
The remains of the masonry front, south rock shelter, Tara Marding (<i>rta ra dmar lding</i>). Ledge near the old retreat house. Note the small wall with inscribed plaques in the middle of the ledge. Red ochre swastikas in the west rock shelter. Funerary structure FS1.
Funerary structure FS9. Funerary mound 1. Note the homestead in close proximity. The base of the east side of funerary mound 1. Funerary mound 1. A Buddhist shrine was built on top of this funerary structure. Funerary enclosures in the lower row of the west sector. The largest subsidiary enclosure of the tripartite enclosure. Note the band of densely arrayed stones in the foreground. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS2.
A row of minor constructions. The south wall of the giant enclosure. The giant enclosure from the west. Note the indentation in the north (left wall) of the enclosure. The giant enclosure from the southwest corner. The tripartite enclosure. The three subsidiary enclosures situated inside the outer walls are visible. The giant enclosure is seen to the left. The indentation in the north wall of the giant enclosure. Note the well developed wall segment on the right side of the image. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS3.

John Vincent Bellezza Collection in Topic


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