IDNO

P.96890.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(1-18: Ludlow’s photos of Bhutan)
12. “Tongsa dzong”
See gi: Tongsa” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Tongsa [Tongsa Dzong ]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Ludlow, Frank

Collector / Expedition

Date

8 July 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Trongsa Dzong , built in 1647 by Zhabdrung Nagawang Namgyal, the person who unified Bhutan. Trongsa was the seat of the Governor of Eastern Bhutan. Today it houses the District Spiritual leader and the temporal leader. This fortress was the seat that controlled the eight regions of eastern Bhutan. The fortress also extols the tradition of offering the title of Trongsa Penlop (Governor of Trongsa) is offered to the Prince who will succeed as the king of Bhutan. Above the Dzong, there is also a watchtower, Ta Dzong. [Dawa Dem 19/9/2008]

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]