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Zone code: IND-LAD-SMK-Zo01
Stok Mon mKhar
unknown
Just over an hour walk up the river from Stok, a cliff supports the ruins of a fort known as 'Mon khar'. Engravings are at the foot of the cliff and at the top among the ruins.
none

ceramic, fortified structure, other, stupa structure, trail
bank, slope, torrent, valley
Comments on the environment: Left bank of the Kangri-chu. Ancient fortress known as Stok Mon Khar | recent Lhatho.

scattered
few

open air
petroglyph
sandstone
boulder slab wall

historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2003): systematic
Martin, Vernier (2004): systematic
Martin, Vernier (2006): systematic
Martin, Vernier (2012): systematic
good
Comments on the condition: none

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 27
surfaces 27
motifs 83
scenes 3

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 5
  • architecture: 31
  • artefact: 1
  • indeterminate: 12
  • inscription: 5
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 2
  • zoomorph: 27
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 1
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 0
  • image and text: 2
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 0
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 0
  • pair: 0
  • predation: 0
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 1
  • clear: 3
  • medium: 4
  • dark: 36
  • very dark: 39
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 1
  • hammered: 82
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 3
  • historic: 36
  • pre-historic: 3
  • unknown: 41
    Direction
  • front view: 3
  • left: 4
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 39
  • aerial: 1
  • none: 36
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 43
  • silhouette: 33
  • combination: 0
  • unknown: 7
    Style
  • rectilinear: 4
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 0
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 0
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 79