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Charles Masson Of Afghanistan
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Author : Gordon Whitteridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Charles Masson Of Afghanistan written by Gordon Whitteridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Afghanistan categories.
This is a biography of an enigmatic (some might say dubious) character of indistinct origins who became one of the most remarkable British explorers of his era, wandering over Punjab, Baluchistan and Afghanistan between 1827 and 1840, usually alone and on foot. In doing so, he provides an illustrated documentary of ancient religious and cultural artifacts and buildings of the region, many of which have subsequently been lost to the depredations of war and the Taliban.
Charles Masson Of Afghanistan
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Author : Sir Gordon Whitteridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Charles Masson Of Afghanistan written by Sir Gordon Whitteridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Charles Masson Of Afghanistan
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Author : Gordon Whitteridge
language : en
Publisher: Weatherhill
Release Date : 2002-08-01
Charles Masson Of Afghanistan written by Gordon Whitteridge and has been published by Weatherhill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-01 with categories.
One of the most remarkable of British explorers, Masson wandered over the Punjab, Baluchistan, and Afghanistan, between 1827 and 1840, usually alone and on foot. During his Afghan sojourn he became both an intimate of local amirs and warlords, and a reluctant participant in the Great Game. Masson's detailed observations of political intrigues, factional strife and social divides among the Afghan population retain significant relevance today in our attempts to understand this complex and fractious society.
Charles Masson Collections From Begram And Kabul Bazaar Afghanistan 1833 1838
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Author : Elizabeth Errington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-31
Charles Masson Collections From Begram And Kabul Bazaar Afghanistan 1833 1838 written by Elizabeth Errington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-31 with History categories.
The book discusses and catalogues Charles Masson's 1833-8 collections from the urban site of Begram and Kabul bazaar now in the British Museum, supplemented by illustrated coins recorded in Masson's archival manuscripts and in H.H. Wilson, but no longer in the collection.
Narrative Of Various Journeys In Balochistan Afghanistan And The Panjab
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Author : Charles Masson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
Narrative Of Various Journeys In Balochistan Afghanistan And The Panjab written by Charles Masson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1842 with Afghanistan categories.
Charles Masson And The Buddhist Sites Of Afghanistan
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Author : Elizabeth Errington
language : en
Publisher: British Museum Research Publication
Release Date : 2017
Charles Masson And The Buddhist Sites Of Afghanistan written by Elizabeth Errington and has been published by British Museum Research Publication this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Afghanistan categories.
From 1833-8, Charles Masson (1800-1853) was employed by the British East India Company to explore the ancient sites in south-east Afghanistan. During this period, he surveyed over a hundred sites around Kabul, Jalalabad and Wardak, making numerous drawings of the sites, together with maps, compass readings, sections of the stupas and sketches of some of the finds. Small illustrations of a selection of these key sites were published in Ariana Antiqua in 1841. However, this represents only a tiny proportion of his official and private correspondence held in the India Office Collection of the British Library which is studied in detail for the first time in this publication. It is supplemented online by The Charles Masson Archive: British Library and British Museum Documents relating to the Masson Collection (British Museum Research Publication number 216). Together they provide the means for a comprehensive reconstitution of the archaeological record of the sites. In return for funding his exploration of the ancient sites of Afghanistan, the British East India Company received all of Masson's finds. These were sent to the India Museum in London, and when it closed in 1878 the British Museum was the principal recipient of all the 'archaeological' artefacts and a proportion of the coins. This volume therefore studies the British Museum's collection of these fascinating objects, including reliquaries, beads and coins, and places them within a wider historical and archaeological context.
Alexandria
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Author : Edmund Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-13
Alexandria written by Edmund Richardson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-13 with History categories.
'This is a jewel of a book' - SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the great stories of archaeology, exploration and espionage' - William Dalrymple 'Immensely enjoyable' - BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE ____________________________________ For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar. On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne'er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries. 'Impressive ... Masson has at last found the intrepid biographer he has so long deserved' - John Keay
The Charles Masson Archive
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Author : Elizabeth Errington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Charles Masson Archive written by Elizabeth Errington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Afghanistan categories.
Narrative Of Various Journeys In Balochistan Afghanistan And The Panjab
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Author : Charles Masson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
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Narrative Of Various Journeys In Balochistan Afghanistan And The Panjab
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Author : Charles Masson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
Narrative Of Various Journeys In Balochistan Afghanistan And The Panjab written by Charles Masson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1842 with Afghanistan categories.