Zhol Village
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Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and oth
The Potala in 2008 with the towers and walls of Zhol beneath but without the outer Zhol, razed in 1995.
The Potala Palace in 1938 with the inner and outer parts of Zhol village in the lower foreground.
Inner Zhol was the sliver of low houses lying outside the western part of the south wall.
The outer and inner monoliths as drawn by Sarat Chandra Das in 1902.
Lhasa Zhol Pillar
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The Zhol outer pillar, or Doring Chima, is a stone pillar which stands outside the historical residential and administrative Zhol village below the Potala Palace, in Lhasa, Tibet. It was erected to co
Zhol Village
…Two stone pillars are mentioned in connection with the village of Zhol. One is the doring chima ("outer stone pillar"), which is located outside the southern entrance of the village (on the far side of Beijing Road). Erected around 764 or "shortly…
The Potala adorned with two Buddhist silk banners, Koku (gos sku), for the Sertreng ceremony with the Zhol outer pillar in the foreground in 1949.
Potala and Sho Doring
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Bundesarchiv Bild 135 S 15 04 37, Tibetexpedition, Lhasa, Potala