Title

A ruined tope (stupa) in the Khyber Pass, Pakistan/Afhanistan, 1895. Artist: Unknown

Caption

A ruined tope (stupa) in the Khyber Pass, Pakistan/Afhanistan, 1895. A stupa is a type of Buddhist mound-like structure found across the Indian subcontinent, other parts of Asia, and increasingly in the Western World. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1895

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C42_100

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (9,8Mb) / 14,0in x 13,8in / 4210 x 4154 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asian Asia religious landscape country religion Buddhism continent structure ruins ruin stupa location century pass Pakistan ruined B&W Pakistani MONOCHROME engraving publication 19th century Afghanistan black & white black and white B W tope nineteenth century The Print Collector TGN Khyber Pass engraving The Universal Geography with Illustations and Maps Unknown Elisee Reclus Reclus Elisee Virtue & Co. Ltd. Elisee Reclus Virtue & Co Ltd engraving