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by Rajeeb Man Tamrakar, Chen Qiaoyan
A team of scholars and mountaineers recently discovered caves with magnificent ancient mural depicting Buddhist teachings and religion in the remote Himalayan district of Mustang in northern Nepal, situated some 200km north of Kathmandu.
The Mustang region, which opened to foreigners in 1992 is a visually stunning but often dry and harsh alpine terrain adjoining China’s Tibet which is considered as the trans-Himalayan desert area.
The team comprising American, Italian and Nepali archaeologists and explorers, following the lead of local shepherds who took shelter in one of those caves joined the expedition to uncover those cave complexes said to contain fascinating Buddhist mural. The archaeologists of the team believed that the exiting finding they uncovered dates between 13th and 14th century.
Talking to Xinhua here on Sunday, Prakash Darnal, the Chief Archeology Officer of the Culture Preservation and Promotion Division at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and one of the team member responsible in uncovering the caves said this is the first time that such archeological expedition was carried out in the Upper Mustang region after being allowed to foreigners.
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