Picture and text ©Neil Howard.
While posting the information about the stele newly relocated in Leh by the Tibet Heritage Fund, it occurred to Neil Howard that readers might like to see other examples of this important Ladakhi art form.
Top left: A three-sided, free-standing stele between Leh town and Changspa; not studied, date unknown.
Top right: The famous 5 Buddhas on the south end of the Castle hill; recently dated by P Denwood c.8-10th centuries ref. "The Tibetans in the Western Himalayas and Karakorum, Seventh-Eleventh Centuries: Rock art and Inscriptions" in Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology vol. 2/2007, Published by Brepols
Bottom: Carving by the motor road at Smanla, about half way between Shay and Choglamsar; recently dated c. 8-10th centuries, reference Denwood as above.