Between the 8th and 10th July, in 2009, the joint archaeological team of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Relics Preservation Institute of and Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology conducted a comprehensive investigation on the lDan-Ma-Brag Buddhist cliff cravings in Brag gYab county, Chaamdo area, Tibet. The carvings consist of a Vairocana (rNam Par sNang), eight Bodhisattvas, and two Apsara sculptures of. The subjects and characteristics of these carvings reflect both indigenous cultural elements and exogenous influences related to the style of sculptures coming from Dunhuang and the Central Plains. As three groups of ancient cliff Tibetan inscriptions and one group of cliff Chinese inscription associated with the image have been found, the cliff carvings can be dated to 804 A.D.
