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  • China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • The monk Phra Malai and the god Indra conversing
  • (Right) The devas ask the Bodhisatta
  • (Left) King Suddhodana asks brahmins to intertret the Queen's
  • (Left) The Bodhisatta takes seven steps and
  • Three Chinese Buddhist priests worshipping at a shrine. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Ruins of a marble tower, Beijing, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ruins of a marble tower, Beijing, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pehar and his four companions in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pehar and his four companions in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pehar and his four companions in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Temple interior with a Buddhist stupa on the island of Salsette, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.
  • Chao Phraya river, Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): left photograph of three. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Chao Phraya river, Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): left photograph of three. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
  • Yiheyuan (New Imperial Summer Palace), Peking: Zhihuihai temple, at Wanshoushan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Yiheyuan (New Imperial Summer Palace), Peking: Zhihuihai temple, at Wanshoushan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a seated monk and a boy wearing regalia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a seated monk and a boy wearing regalia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a young man with a samurai sword. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a young man with a samurai sword. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the Buddhist archway at Juyong Guan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the Buddhist archway at Juyong Guan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.