EditorialGold and silver horn-shaped drinking cup from Marash, Syria. 5th BCE. The vessel dates to the time of the Achemenid Empire of the 6th to 4th centuries, created by Cyrus the Great. It stretched from Egypt and the Aegean to Afghanistan and the Indus vall...
Editorial‘River Indus at Sehwan. Marching up from Kurrachee to Sukkur with Mr Frere, Commissioner in Sindh. 13 January 1852’. Sketch book with laid down drawings of views and portraits made between 1843 and 1854 in Bombay and Sind, and during furlough in Eu...
EditorialMap of the Punjab and countries to the westrward of the Indus. Map of the Punjab and countries to the westrward of the Indus ... 1809. Source: IORX/9972.
Editorial‘Deck of Indus Jumpti. T.P. 1841’. Four men rowing with a giant oar. Album of 212 drawings and 11 lithographs depicting costume, occupations, scenery and buildings in Sind, Cutch and Bombay. 1830 to 1845. The majority of the sketches are by Thomas ...
EditorialScinde [Sind]. Sukkur on the Indus. Scinde [Sind]. Sukkur on the Indus. 1860. This print was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1860s. It shows a general view of the city of Sukkur situated in upper Sind province in modern-day Pakistan. Source: Ph...
EditorialBabur and his army arriving at Bila on the Indus (1505) (Dhanraj). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (mostly with attributions). c.15...
EditorialPalla fishers on the Indus, Kotri, Sind. Group of four fishermen at work fishing for palla, with nets and earthernware floats. Photograph. 1890s. Source: Photo 851/2(9). Language: English.
Editorial‘Satellite Steamer. Jurnuli Wood Station on Indus. 11 Jany 67’. A scrap-book containing 86 drawings and 4 lithographs. 1839 to c. 1867. The sketches relate to Strachey's early years in W. India, the making of the Jumna and Ganges Canals and holiday...
EditorialRaising water from the Indus. Personal Observations on Sindh. 1830-1845. Raising water from the Indus. No.36. Camel and Persian wheel. Pencil, pen and ink and wash, watercolour, oil and pastel.. Image taken from Personal Observations on Sindh. Origin...
EditorialA Ferry Steamer on the Indus at Ghazri Ghat[?] replacing country boats. Album of groups and views in India. 1920s. Photograph. Source: Photo 66/2(102).
Editorial‘My house on the Bank of the Indus for four years, 1829 to 1833. The Residency Sukkur. 11.5’. Sketch book with laid down drawings of views and portraits made between 1843 and 1854 in Bombay and Sind, and during furlough in Europe. Also three later ...
EditorialA map of Central Asia. Central Asia: comprising Bokhara, Cabool, Persia, the River Indus & countries eastward of it ... Constructed from ... the original M. S. Surveys of Lieut. A. Burnes ... By ... J. Arrowsmith. 1834. 150 English miles [= 55mm]. Lond...
EditorialA map of the countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus on the East and West, and the Oxus and Terek and Indian Ocean on the North and South . MAP OF THE COUNTRIES lying between the EUPHRATES AND INDUS on the East and West, and the OXUS AND TEREK ...
EditorialRohri and the island fortress of Bakhar (Sind). Tents on left near river, baggage camels, bullocks and goats in foreground. ‘Sketches in Afghaunistan,’ plate 2. Inscribed on mount: ‘The Town of Roree, and the Fortress of Bukker on the Indus.’. ...
EditorialBridge over Indus at Kotri. Panoramic view of the girder railway bridge, composed of two prints, with river steamers and other craft moored at the bank on the right. A group of men fishing for palla can be seen in the right foreground. Album of Famine ...
EditorialSindtree on the eastern branch of the Indus. Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833 [With illustrations, including a port...
Editorial'Costume of Bohhara'. Portrait of the author, Sir Alexander Burnes, in disguise. . Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus in the years 1831, 1832, and 18...
EditorialThe Siege of Ujjain and the Magic She-Ass: Folio from the Kalakacarya Section of a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 16th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (11.5 x 28.6 cm), Paintings, This scene depi...
EditorialGold and silver horn-shaped drinking cup from Marash, Syria. 5th BCE. The vessel dates to the time of the Achemenid Empire of the 6th to 4th centuries, created by Cyrus the Great. It stretched from Egypt and the Aegean to Afghanistan and the Indus vall...
EditorialFigure of a bull, Mature Harappan, ca. 2600?1900 B.C., Indus Valley, Indus, Serpentine, 4.47 x 2.19 x 5.79 in. (11.35 x 5.56 x 14.71 cm), Stone-Sculpture,.
EditorialThe Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates rivers, n.d., Black chalk, 18 3/8 x 23 1/4 in. (46.7 x 59 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century, After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577?1640 Antwerp).
EditorialReclining mouflon, Mature Harappan, ca. 2600?1900 B.C., Indus Valley, Indus, Marble, L. 28 cm, Stone-Sculpture, This powerful sculpture represents a mouflon, a type of wild sheep native to the highland regions of the Near East. The animal's head, now p...
EditorialAll Nations, from Pictures of Extra Articles and Visitors to the Exhibition, ca. 1851, Wood engraving, sheet: 4 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (12.1 x 35.3 cm), Prints, Richard Doyle (British, London 1824?1883 London), London's Great Exhibition of the Works of Indus...
EditorialVessel with two zebu, Early Dynastic II-III, 2600?2350 B.C., Probably from Gulf region, Tarut island (al-Rafiah), Chlorite, calcite inlay, H. 11.4 cm (4-1/2 in.), Stone-Vessels, This vessel is of particular interest for two reasons. First, it enlarges ...
EditorialStamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?), Mature Harappan, ca. 2600?1900 B.C., Indus Valley, Indus, Burnt steatite, 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (3.8 x 3.8 x 1 cm), Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed, Stamp seals were used in antiquity as m...
EditorialThe Siege of Ujjain and the Magic She-Ass: Folio from the Kalakacarya Section of a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 16th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (11.5 x 28.6 cm), Paintings, This scene depi...
EditorialTHE NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE INDUS AT ATTOCK, PANORAMIC VIEW OF ATTOCK AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY, 1883: 1. Khairabad. 2. Native Bazaar. 3. The Fort. 4. Church. 5. Serai. 6. Dak Bungalow. 7. Commissioner's Bungalow. 8. Road to Peshawur. 9. Road t...
EditorialBrahminy kite or Coromandel eagle, Haliastur indus. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1799. Most of the 1,064 ill...
EditorialTHE SHEEP-EATER OF HINDOSTAN: THE SHEEP-EATER AND HIS GURW, INDIA. Or Indostan, literally "land of the Indus", is a popular name for the Indian subcontinent. Delhi and Agra have been the traditional capitals of Hindustan.
EditorialStone bowl from Khafajeh, Iraq, Early Dynastic period, c2600-c2400 BC. The carving on this vessel is particularly fine. The design is probably linked to Iranian mythology. A man in a net skirt kneels on two humped-backed bulls, or zebus, standing back ...
EditorialGold and silver horn-shaped drinking cup from Marash, Syria. 5th BCE. The vessel dates to the time of the Achemenid Empire of the 6th to 4th centuries, created by Cyrus the Great. It stretched from Egypt and the Aegean to Afghanistan and the Indus vall...