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Ancient Kingdoms Gu-ge and Zhang Zhung
Kingdom of Gu-ge occupies
the territory along the banks of the Sutlej river north of
the main Himalaya, Tibetian far-western regions, Khyunglung
(Garuda) valley, up to the Indian boundary. All the area represents
a complex of canyons, fancifully eroded in ancient breeds
of red sandstone. The first data about inhabited cities in
this area is concerned to 2,800BC in ancient religion Bon
original sources. The most ancient settlement - the cave city
of Zhang Zhung - extended some kilometers on the Sutlej northern
bank and contained up to 3000 inhabitants. The capital of
Zhang Zhung was called Khyunglung Ngulkhar, the 'Silver Palace
of Garuda Valley', it ruins in the upper Sutlej valley south-west
of Mount Kailash.
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