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Photographs in John Vincent Bellezza Collection

South wing compartments. Note the remnants of the evenly spaced partition walls. Extensive hill-top structural remains. The south side of the castle. The north side of the castle. A cave in the northeast complex. The northeast complex. The tunnel in the southwest complex. A cave in the southwest complex. Note the oblong niche and domed recess, characteristic features of Gugé (<i>gu ge</i>) caves.
The southwest complex. The breach in the wall from which access to the southwest complex is obtained. Buddhist ruins of Ritsegyap (<i>ri rtse rgyab</i>). The east summit complex. The west summit complex. The formation with the monastery and “castle” ruins of Ritsegyap (<i>ri rtse rgyab</i>). The formation’s summit. Note the rampart traces in the foreground. A rampart fragment.
The battlement in the ramparts zone. Residential structures RS1 and RS2. The castle structures and caves. The high point rammed-earth structure on the summit of the formation. The formation as seen from Sharlang (<i>shar lang</i>) Village. The summit of Lukhar (<i>klu mkhar</i>). The summit of Lukhar (<i>klu mkhar</i>) with what is probably a Buddhist earthen structure. Caves with affronted cobble wall remnants at Khartak (<i>mkhar ltag</i>).
Caves and cobble wall traces at Khartak (<i>mkhar ltag</i>). The Khartak (<i>mkhar ltag</i>) cave complex. The ledges on the edge of the formation host earthen slab wall remains. An earthen slab wall lining a ledge. Lukhar (<i>klu mkhar</i>). The cave complex of Shishé (<i>shis shed</i>). On the right side of the summit there is a ruined Buddhist monastery. On the left side of the summit there are the ruins of what is reported to have been a fortress. The formation and caves. The cut east side and uncut west side of the summit formation.

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