Monolithic granite pillars with writing on them, five miles from Dra-nang. Two pillars, one of them with the capital missing. Square stone pillar behind is the residence of a strong irritable deity. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Dranang; Tibet
Monolithic granite pillars with writing on them, five miles from Dra-nang. Myself [Charles Bell] standing beside the taller pillar, the one with the base in the form of a tortoise. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Dranang; Tibet
A frescoe in the cloisters of the main temple, showing Sam-ye when it was first completed. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'It shows the main temple, the four large large chotens near the corners, and the gods (lha) who helped to build it, going round the temple with him and the king in the consecration of it. This picture is clearer than the one that I saw in the queen's temple, Ka...
Chak-sam Chu-ri, the sacred hill of Chak-sam, one of the four sacred hills of Central Tibet. Monotonous grey colour, uninteresting as a picture; taken at 2 p.m. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view of rocky hillside. Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Chaksam; Tibet
Chak-sam Chu-ri, the sacred hill of Chak-sam, one of the four sacred hills of Central Tibet. Monotonous grey colour, uninteresting as a picture; taken at 2 p.m. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Similar to print 487a. Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Chaksam; Tibet
Our transport going up the valley from Ka-la to the 'Otter Lake' (Hram Tso), snow mountains behind it. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Landscape Photography Similar to print 525a, but with fewer mules. Subjects = animals; Bell Collection; mules; pack animals Location = Kala; Pakistan; Swat