The warrior armor and helmet that Shiwa Okar wears in the Shambhala Painting comes directly from the Uighur/Pamir region of the ancient Silk Road.........

Tien Shan Mountain Range..........The Chinese words "Tien Shan" are translated into English as the "Heaven's Mountians" or "Celestial Mountains." However, the original name for this mountain chain was "Tengri Tag," which means "mountains of the spirits" in the language of the nomadic peoples who currently live in these mountains, the Kazakh and the Kyrgyz.

"Uyghur religion has also played a major part in Uyghur culture and has has evolved through several transitions including Shamanism, Manachaeism, Buddhism and even Christianity before Islam became the predominate religion. The Uyghur language (defined by linguists as Altaic Turkic) has 13 dialects."

"The Tarim River in East Turkestan. Thus 'Shambhala' must be a special name for the Uighur Kingdom centered at Khocho that flourished circa 850-1250." (Newman...1985)

In the Bon myth, Olmolungring was northwest of My Kailas, twice as far from it as the peak is from Shigatse, a major town in central Tibet. (Newman, 1985)

"The Indian Kalachakra literature locates Shambhala in the region north of the Tian Shan. Sambhala first appears in the Mahabharata. In Hindu texts, the warrior Kalki will rid the earth of barbarians." (Cabezon: 1996...pg 486)....

"One travels north to the region of Khotan (Li Yul). Nearbye is the Tarim River (Shing rta---Sita) which flows from west to east. In this region live the Uighurs (Hor). North of the Tarim lie the Tian Shan mountains that make up the southern boundary of Shambhala." (Cabezon: 1996...pg 488)...