Around the tombs 2

The grave field #0105 is located on the mountain opposite ’Chad kha, the Bka’ gdams pa monastery (found. 12th C.) situated high up a side valley of eastern Mal gro (see #0104).

The two stone lions at the entrance to the main temple of ’Chad kha are said originally to have been at one of the tombs of field #0105 (#0105.M-1) situated on top of the "mountain with the red earth stupas" (sa'i bum pa dmar ri). It says a shepherd had once found the stones, which he slid down the mountain, hence this “slide lane” on the mountain and the broken state of the two figures. A shrine was erected near the village below, where the lions were kept for a longer period before they were brought up to ’Chad kha dgon a few years ago. We regart this local account of the lions' original site as being most reliable, which also means that M-1 of #0105 represents a third imperial-era "lion grave" that can now be registered for Central Tibet. (The other two refer to graves in 'Phyong rgyas and Khrom chen (#0032, #0339; see Hazod forthcoming, "The grave lions of 'Chad kha. On findings of stone monuments in Central Tibet from the imperial periode.").)