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Zone code: IND-LAH-KAR-Zo01
Karga

Longitude: 76.98623
Latitude: 32.55163
Altitude: 2956 [m.a.s.l.]



delimited ground space, mani stone wall, road, trail, trash
plateau, slope
Comments on the environment: the site was frst reported by N. Roerich in his trael to Lahaul in 1929-1932. A painting of him shows this petroglyphs site with chortens, svastikas and Ibex together with the ruined fort above.

scattered
few

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder slab

historic

Visits: Roerich (1929): reported
Tsering, Dorje (2017): surveyed
Kyarpa (2021): surveyed
Kyarpa; Martin, Vernier; Abram, Pointet (2022): surveyed
damaged , destroyed , exploited , threatened
Comments on the condition: The site is impacted by new buildings

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