The author, Professor Michael W. Meister, has produced this book after his long experience and deep study into ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture in South Asia. Hindu temples in Pakistan ... Read More
Mansehra lies between 340 14' to 350 10' north latitude and 72055' to 740 6' east longitude and is 3682 feet above sea level (hereafter asl) (Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series, North We ... Read More
Sethi havelis were constructed by the trading family of the Sethis in the early 19th century near Gor Khatri, Peshawar. The havelis were decorated internally with naqqashi, aina-kari, gachbori and p ... Read More
A round gold medal bearing a six-lined Persian inscription in Nasta'liq characters was purchased in London some year ago and now lies in a private collection. It is 3.8 centimetres in diameter and h ... Read More
The development of archaeology involving the discovery and excavation Of ancient sites, conservation of extant architectural remains and management of movable and immovable cultural heritage in Sout ... Read More
Reported in the Si-Yu-Ki, Fa-hsien, a Chinese pilgrim to South Asia's Buddhist dominions ca. 400 CE, observed a location where Buddhist and Brahmanical places of worship stood side-by-side (Beal 1 ... Read More
Thousands of narrative relief panels depicting different scenes of the life of the Buddha were carved in grey schist in Gandhära. Among thcsc, one episode can be singled out as showing several figur ... Read More
Standardized observations Of morphological variations of 'he permanent tooth crown among 205 inhabitants of Madaklnshr village, located in an isolated alpine valley of Chirral District. Khyber Pak ... Read More
The Thar desert Was previously considered as a •no-man's land'. however, continuous researches Of more than one decade have not only changed the concept but has proved that it was ouyupied since M ... Read More