Tibetan soldiers quartered in the fort at Miran would have moved there with their families and so formed a large community with some home comforts. But the remains of the fort given little evidence of these. All articles of any value were removed when the Tibetans withdrew. Instead numerous discarded and obsolete documents were among the rubbish heaps filling the small mud-wall rooms, along with various broken everyday objects such as the wool bag, leather pouch and felt purse shown here.
Wool
The British Museum, MAS.1128 (M.I.xxvii.009)