The 'Iron Hill' (Chakpori), Lhasa, showing the temple on the top and the houses on the ridge, lower down on left. Every evening a hundred ravens or more settle on the slopes of this hill. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Mendong on road near Gyantse. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'Among the common sights of Tibet are the men-dongs, low buildings like thickened walls. They are erected in the names of deceased persons by their heirs and successors, or by others for their own spiritual advancement. In them are placed the offering decreed by...