Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1950

Region

Lhodrag Region > Lhakhang Dzong

Accession number

2001.59.8.82.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 57 mm

Lhakhang Dzong on a small plateau with trees and fields around it in the area of Lhodrag not far from the border with Bhutan. There is a stream in the foreground and a mountain range in the background.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Richardson's 1950 Lhodrag tour

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album '8' - 'Potala. Colour misc.' [on front cover] [KC 9/9/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index '8' - Folio 81. 'Nozin Kangsang (Ralung)' [KC 15/9/2006]

Other information - Setting: Lhakhang is situated on the confluence of the Kuru chu and Tamzhol rivers. The Dzong was an important trading post between Eastern Bhutan and Tsetang, in Central Tibet. In the middle of the settlement is the Khoting Lhakhang (mkho mthing lha khang) founded by Songtsen Gampo during the 7th century. [TS 6/6/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Lhakhang Dzong in Lhodrag near the Bhutan border" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.8.82.1.html>.

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