One of the Great Buddha Statues (175 feet high) under scaffolding in the Hindu Kush Mountains

Description
Asia and Afghanistan. Carousel collection, 1971
Heart of India, Madhya Pradesh, 158
Creator
Wheeler, Mary Binney
Form
color slides
Date
1971
Subject
Buddhist sculpture
Mountains
Scaffolding
Geographic Subject
Afghanistan
Collection
South Asia Art Archive
Mary Binney Wheeler Image Collection
Extent
5 x 5 cm.
Related Place
Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Resource Type
Still Image
Identifier
(Wheeler India) MBW71AA000039.tif
22281057
269399

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