Lhasa - Kongwangshan Mountain

Kongwangshan Mountain, 2km/1mi south of the city, is famous for its 108 sculptures in high relief, which are chiseled into a rock 16m/52ft long and 10m/33ft high. They date from the Eastern Han period (25-220), in other words two centuries earlier than the Dunhuang Grottoes. In front of these relief figures stand two groups of sculptures: an elephant with its keeper and a gigantic toad in a crouching position.