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Tamgaly-Tas Petroglyphs (Ili Kapshagai)

Petroglyphs of Tamgaly Tas – "open-air temple" with rock paintings of Tibetan iconography and inscriptions dated to the second half of the 17th century. Cave paintings were created by the Oirat and Tibetan masters with the active participation of Galdan-Huntaydzhi. In 1677, Galdan created the first "iconostasis" of the figure of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara-Shadakshari in the image of a deity with four hands, sitting in a diamond pose on a Lotus throne. In the next 5 years, he and his assistants supplemented the images and Tibetan mantras of the Tamgaly-Tas rock. The Dzungarian ruler Galdan-Boshohtu Khan was a fanatically religious man with a deep knowledge of Buddhist symbolism, Tibetan painting and its techniques, and Tibetan iconographic canons. This is confirmed by the image of Avalokiteshvara-Shadakshari in the form of a one-faced deity with four hands, who was the patron of the lords of Tibet. After the expulsion of the Dzungarian khanate from the Kazakh lands, the former temple received a new name from the Kazakhs – Tamga or Tamgaly-Tas (Tamgaly-Tash).

Location of the object
Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty Region, 120 km North of Almaty (Kapchagai district), on the right Bank of the Ili river. Petroglyphs are located on the left Bank of the river Or in the Habatsagai tract-modern Kapchagai between the mouth of the left tributary of the Kurta and the steppe river Shengeldy. ==Preservation of the monument==
Preservation of the monument
Petroglyphs are included in the State list of historical and cultural monuments of local significance of the Almaty region, 2010 (No. 1519) as a monument of the "early iron"era. This Dating is incorrect. The monument has been under state protection since 1981, but there is no physical protection at the site. Access to the monument is not restricted and due to its close location to the highway and the city of Kapchagai, new inscriptions, autographs, etc. appear near the rocks. ==See also==
Sources of information about the monument
• Pantusov N. N. Tamgali-TAS // PTCL. Vol. 4. Tashkent, 1899. Pp. 52–59. • Rogozhinsky A. E. History of studying And new research of the tamgalytas cult complex on the Ili river (ili Kapshagai) / / the Role of nomads in the formation of the cultural heritage of Kazakhstan. Scientific readings in memory of N. E. Masanov. Collection of materials interd. science. conferences. Almaty, 2010. pp. 474–489. • 3. Erofeeva I. V. Buddhist monasteries of the Oirats in Semirechye (mid-17th to mid-19th century) / / Mongolia–XVIII. Saint Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 2017. Pp. 35–47. ==References==
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