Tsaparang
Sign in to saveTsaparang () was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, through which the upper Sutlej River flows, in Ngari Prefecture (Western Tibet) near the border of Ladakh. It is 278 km south-southwest of Senggezangbo Town and 26 km west of the 11th-century monastery at Tholing, and not far west of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The Tsaparang Dzong was located here. Nearby is the Bon monastery of Gurugem.
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Place details
- Locality
- 札达县 རྩ་མདའ་རྫོང་།
- Region
- 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Tsaparang
- Ancient site.image
- Ngari Tsaparang 07.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The ruins of Tsaparang
- Ancient site.map_type
- Tibet#China Tibet Ngari
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location within Tibet Autonomous Region#Location within Ngari Prefecture
- Ancient site.altitude_m
- 3800
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Zanda, Ngari, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
- Ancient site.region
- Tibet
- Ancient site.built
- 9th or 10th century CE
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 1680 CE
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Zanda County
- Image
- Tsaparang-ruins of ancient capital of Guge Kingdom 03.JPG
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Tsaparang () was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, through which the upper Sutlej River flows, in Ngari Prefecture (Western Tibet) near the border of Ladakh. It is 278 km south-southwest of Senggezangbo Town and 26 km west of the 11th-century monastery at Tholing, and not far west of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The Tsaparang Dzong was located here. Nearby is the Bon monastery of Gurugem.
Tsaparang is a huge fortress perched on a pyramid-shaped rock rising about 500 to 600 feet (152 to 183 m) at the end of a long narrow spur. It contains numerous tunnels and caves that have been carved out of the rock. At its base was a village where the common people lived. Above them were two public temples - the Lhakhang Marpo (Red Chapel) and the Lhakhang Karpo (White Chapel), and quarters for the monks. Up, a twisting stone staircase in a tunnel were the royal quarters, and at the very top, the summer palace.