TAMGALY-TAS PETROGLYPHS
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 (Galdan Boshugtu Khan).
Location – 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.
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.
With much love,
for Dimash