Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the simple mosque, also known as the Awwal Masjid. Published as Plate XLV(a) in Francke's account (see Intro).
Lio [Li]. Ruins of Nun's Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
General view of ruins. Francke (1914), p. 31: 'Not far from the bKra-shis-lhun-grub monastery, a little above the general line of cultivation, are the ruins of an old nunnery, called Jo-moi-dgon-pa. It consists of three separate ruined houses, a mani wall covered with white pebbles and two mchod...
Nako. Image of Vairocana in the [Lotsabai Lha-khang] Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
Scope & Content:
Seated figure of Vairochana or rNam-par-snang-mdzad in a niche on the wall of the monastery. Francke (1914), p. 32: 'The western hall is called Lha-khang-ched-po. The principal figure in this hall is that of rNam-par-snang-mdzad (Vairochana), the chief of the Dhyani-buddhas of the five regions.'