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Khorchag: An Overview of its History and Culture

By Tsering Gyalbo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari, Patrick Sutherland
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By Tsering Gyalbo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari, Patrick Sutherland
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English summary: Founded in the late 10th century CE, Khorchag monastery in Purang, Western Tibet (Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, PR China), is one of the three earliest Buddhist monasteries of historical Western Tibet and, due to its ancient sacred artistic heritage, renowned all over Tibet. The detailed visual documentation of the architecture, wall—paintings, sculptures and ritual paraphernalia extant in Khorchag, as well as the intimate visual documentation of ritual and fes...