Stein Collection: Album A.21. 'Mahaban, N.W. Frontier Oct. 1904 - April 1905.' Photographer(s): Stein, Marc Aurel
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Grey cloth bound album measuring 255x198 mm, with prints inserted in window mounts measuring 152x108mm. Some prints have hand-written captions on the reverse. The first part of the album records Stein's visit, accompanied by P.J.G. Pipon I.C.S., to the Mahaban Range to establish whether it was t...
[Stein and Pipon with escort of Mansur Gadun Maliks, en route to Mahaban.] Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, with Stein and Pipon standing in the centre of their escort. Probably taken at the start of their trip to Mahaban, possibly at Jhanda on about 28 October. Subjects = archaeological expeditions; ethnic groups; Maliks; Stein Collection Location = Jh...
Indus Valley above Gharai. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography Right-hand section of two-part panoramic view, continued from print 4. Dewai Fort can be seen in the distance at the summit of the hill at the left. Plate 10 of Stein's Report of Archaeological Survey Work in the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan for the ...
Dewi [Dewai] Fort. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of the small fort, with group of tribesmen posed in foreground and mountains beyond: 'On reaching Birgalai village, on the evening of october 31st, after the desecent from Shahkot, the welcome intelligence awaited me that the Nawab of Amb had unexpectedly invit...