Guge Kingdom

Tibet · China

Guge Kingdom, China
Photo: yuen yan, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October
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The ruins of a medieval Buddhist kingdom carved into a canyon wall in far western Tibet. Cave dwellings, murals, and hilltop palaces recall a civilization that flourished amid the barren plateau.

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