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Zone code: IND-LAD-YZN-Zo01
Yaru Zampa
Longitude: 77.20927
Latitude: 34.070516
Altitude: 3166 [m.a.s.l.]
Engraved rocks below the road, between the road and the river.
none

bridge, fortified structure, mani stone wall, other, road, trail
bank, river, slope
Comments on the environment: Left bank of the river Zanskar. Piles of an ancient bridge are clearly visible on both banks: at the site and opposite. Opposite, a path from the bridge (collapsed bridge), with visible stone supports, leads to the ruins of a tower on a spur overlooking the site.

gathered
medium

open air
petroglyph
granite
slab

historic, pre-historic

Visits: Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin, Devers; Martin, Vernier (2007): surveyed
exploited
Comments on the condition: In 2007 when we visited, bihari workers building the road used the site as a toilet but also threw broken rocks over it.

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