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Zone code: IND-LAD-HSK-Zo01
Hemis Shukpachen
unknown
The engraved rocks are located in the centre of the valley where the hamlets of Himis Shukpachen (Shukpa: greyhound, chen /chenmo) lie. The site is surrounded by crops and st?parse dwellings, the land is terraced all around.
The site is claimed by the inhabitants of the village as a place of historical human settlement.

carving, cultivated area, other, road, stupa structure, village
plateau
Comments on the environment: lhato

scattered
scarce

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2005): surveyed
Martin, Vernier (2011): surveyed
damaged , exploited
Comments on the condition: The engraved rocks are along a path and a bisse that passes through the middle of the crops. There may have been a more important site.

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