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Chapter 04
Archaeological Studies
Fig.1: The ruins of Mount Kailash Bon Castle (Gangs ti-se'ibon-mkhar)
Perched on an eponymous outlier (elevation 5100 m), Mount Kailash Bon Castle also overlooks the Serlung valley. Mount Kailash Bon Castle is one of the only sites at Mount Kailash that local residents (gangs-ri-ba) concede as having belonged to the early Bon Po. It is now used to hang prayer flags and to make incense offerings to the protective deities.
Fig.2: Mighty Mountain Fortress (Gnyan-pori-rdzong). The forward wall of one of the buildings.
Note the intact stone lintel over the doorway
The pre-Buddhist archaeological sites around Mount Kailash
