The Guge capital was one part of a wider western Tibetan world. Archaeological research at Piyang-Donggar identifies settlements, cemeteries and Buddhist monuments alongside evidence for barley cultivation and herding, while historical sources place trade and translation within Guge’s regional life.
A thousand photographs and a stitching system turned Tholing’s White Temple east wall into a high-resolution record and a near life-size museum reconstruction.
Tsaparang gathers palace remains, caves and Buddhist monuments on a steep ridge above the Zhada landscape. Recent radiocarbon and textual research refines the dates of several structures, showing a capital built and adapted across distinct periods.