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Part 1: Copings and Plinths Part 2: Pillars -- caps and bases Contents -- A Fusion of East and West -- Samuel Swinton Jacob and the Indo-Saracenic Style by Peter Moss In conclusion, it may be stated that this magnificent work is by far the best collection of illustrations of ornamental art in connection with the architecture of India that has yet appeared; to those who have not seen India it will convey the most correct idea of the lavish expenditure of artistic ...
Petroglyphs-drawings on rock-are the earliest and richest traces of human culture in Zangskar, a distinctive region of the Western Himalayas. This volume is richly illustrated with original photographs taken in Zangskar and neighboring regions documenting the locations and detailsof these enigmatic rock carvings. The photographs represent more than twenty years of fieldwork in Zangskar. These drawings on stone once provided a visual legacy in the landscape of ...
The chief object of the following pages is to make Assam better known to remove some prejudices which exist against it and preserve the Memory of many remarkable scenes. The narrative of the principal events has been compiled from official documents with the knowledge of Government, but the author has expressed his own unbiassed opinions on many interesting subjects with which he became acquainted during a residence of some years in the province.
This book presents a unique collection of 50 photographs taken by two Russian travelers a Buryat, Gombozhab Tsybikov, and a Kalmuck Ovshe Norzunov, in 1900-1901, at the request of the Imperial Russian Geographical society, St. Petersburg. These images are believed to be the earliest photographic re-presentations of Lhasa and other famous religious sites of Tibet, the then Forbidden Land. The images are introduced with the thrilling story of Tsybikov's and ...