Potala Palace Inner Stele
Potala Palace Inner Stele (Chinese: 布达拉宫无字碑), or Unmarked Monument of Potala Palace, is an unmarked stele in the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region.[1]
History
The monument is to commemorate the completion of the Red Palace of the Potala Palace and set up.[2] In 1690, construction of the Red Palace started and was completed in 1693. There was a grand inauguration ceremony for the Red Palace, and in front of the palace they set up an unmarked monument, called the "Inner Monument" (Wylie: rdo-rings-nang-ma, ZYPY: རྡོ་རིངས་ནང་མ་), in contrast with the Lhasa Zhol Pillar (Doring Chima) located outside the Palace.[3]
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