The Burial Mounds of Central Tibe

#0032: Mu ra ^{[Major Site]}

Town/Township: ’Phyong rgyas
Coordinates: 29°01'10", 91°40'59"
Elevation: 3785m
Field Type: FT-C
Mound Type: MT-B, MT-C (130m)
Additional Classification: major site, royal site
Status: v(1995-2014)

Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013 & 2016
Fig. 1 The Royal Tombs of 'Phyong rgyas. (The names of Tombs follow the details in GYC (c.f. [/thematic-introduction/royal-tombs-2](royal tombs II)); for the symbols see "summarising table" ([/thematic-introduction/royal-tombs-2](royal tombs I).)

Fig. 1: The Royal Tombs of 'Phyong rgyas. (The names of Tombs follow the details in GYC (c.f. [/thematic-introduction/royal-tombs-2](royal tombs II)); for the symbols see "summarising table" ([/thematic-introduction/royal-tombs-2](royal tombs I).) (Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013 & 2016)

Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013
Fig. 2 In the grave field of Mu ra (#0032): square and trapezoidal structures.

Fig. 2: In the grave field of Mu ra (#0032): square and trapezoidal structures. (Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013)

Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013
Fig. 3 The five (six?) smaller <i>bang so</i> of the Mu-ra field (#0032).

Fig. 3: The five (six?) smaller <i>bang so</i> of the Mu-ra field (#0032). (Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013)

Fig. 4: (Photo: G. Hazod 2010)

Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013
Fig. 5 The step construction leading to the mausoleum of emperor Khri Lde gtsug brtsan (Mes Ag tshom).

Fig. 5: The step construction leading to the mausoleum of emperor Khri Lde gtsug brtsan (Mes Ag tshom). (Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013)

Photo: G. Hazod 2005; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013
Fig. 6 The mausoleum of emperor Srong btsan sgam po (d. 649) and the alignment of its gru bzhi or square structure (The yellow arrow indicates the exact north direction). It is said in one source that "the door (of the mausoleum, or of the central chapel inside?) is facing Nepal in the western direction." (Note that the Dmar po temple on top of the grave (founded in the early 13th C.) is directed towards the Mu ra ri in the SE.)

Fig. 6: The mausoleum of emperor Srong btsan sgam po (d. 649) and the alignment of its gru bzhi or square structure (The yellow arrow indicates the exact north direction). It is said in one source that "the door (of the mausoleum, or of the central chapel inside?) is facing Nepal in the western direction." (Note that the Dmar po temple on top of the grave (founded in the early 13th C.) is directed towards the Mu ra ri in the SE.) (Photo: G. Hazod 2005; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013)

Photo: G. Hazod 2005; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013
Fig. 7 The mausoleum of emperor Mang slon Mang rtsan (d. 676).

Fig. 7: The mausoleum of emperor Mang slon Mang rtsan (d. 676). (Photo: G. Hazod 2005; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013)

Photo: G. Hazod 2010; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013
Fig. 8 The tomb of emperor Khri Lde Srong brtsan (d. 815) and the inscription stele dedicated to this emperor. (The grave is said to be situated at an elevated site, because the queen-mother feared it coud be flooded from the nearby 'Phyong po river.)

Fig. 8: The tomb of emperor Khri Lde Srong brtsan (d. 815) and the inscription stele dedicated to this emperor. (The grave is said to be situated at an elevated site, because the queen-mother feared it coud be flooded from the nearby 'Phyong po river.) (Photo: G. Hazod 2010; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2013)

Photo: G. Hazod 2010; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011)
Fig. 9 The 'Tiger Peak‘ castle of Phying ba (#0029, #0032).

Fig. 9: The 'Tiger Peak‘ castle of Phying ba (#0029, #0032). (Photo: G. Hazod 2010; Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (01/2011))

#0032: Mu ra [Major Site]

#0032: Mu ra ^{[Major Site]}