西藏阿里东嘎、皮央石窟考古调查简报

Buddhist Grottoes Discovered at Tonca and Pica,Ali,Tibet

1992年6月,在西藏全区文物普查中,由西藏自治区文物管理委员会与四川大学组成的调查分队,在西藏西部的阿里高原发现了几处佛教石窟遗迹。其中位于扎达县境内的东嘎、皮央两村的石窟群规模较大,因两村相距不远,故命名为“东嘎—皮央石窟”(图一)。 1994年5～8月,川大历史系考古专业与西藏自治区文管会再次组成调查队,重点对该处石窟遗迹作了进一步的复查、编号,并对石窟壁画中有关藏文题记作了抄录、整理等项工作。同时。

In June 1992,a joint archaeological team from CPAM of Tibet and Sichuan United University discovered several Buddhist grottoes on the Ali plateau. Of them,the relatively large ones located at Tonca and Pica villages within the territory of Jada county can be named 'Tonca-Pica Grotto site'due to the close distance between the two villages. From May to August 1994,a team was sent to the grottoes again for their clearning and coding. There are about one hundred and sixty caves at Tonca and nearly one thousand at Pica, including the shrine,closet for meditation,store,and kitchen. The well-preserved colorful mural paintings in those shrines show Buddha, Buddhisattva, goddess, asparas,donators,etc. The grottoes whose date is believed to be somewhere between the 11th and 15th centuries shed much light on the Buddhist history and grotto art in the area.