To the west is a white lotus lake. They never become sick or old, and although they always enjoy sensual pleasure, their virtue never decreases. The houses in the villages of Shambhala are two storied. The people have fine bodies and appearances and they are very wealthy. The men of Shambhala wear caps, and white or red cotton clothes.
Women wear white or blue garments pleated and patterned with beautiful designs.
Seven concentric circles within walls, each higher than the preceding wall as one passed toward the center hill where the palace stood. Orange was the fiery morning 'asman', blue the noonday 'asman', red for the evening asman. The array of colors chosen for the encircling walls of the royal city was similar to that of the robe of warriorhood and sovereignty described in the Denkart. The encircling walls of the royal city had an array of colors. Orange for the fiery morning asman, blue for the noonday asman, scarlet for the earth fires of the evening asman, and white for the water of the all-encompassing sea, called the Wide Kasa in the Avesta.