Potala from Kundeling grounds Tibet

Potala from Kundeling grounds TibetThe Potala as seen from the grounds of the Kundeling Monastery. A young boy with a flock of chickens can be seen in the foreground. The Dekyi Lingka, where the British Mission to Lhasa under Sir Basil Gould resided, was also in the grounds of Kundeling Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

The man is smoking a wooden pipe

one in a boat and the other sitting on a mud bank

sits in the foreground beside a fire

In the background a few bushes grow on the flat plain that stretches uninterrupted into the far distance

owned by a merchant named Atar

Tibetan soldiers standing with rifles by the entrance

In the background two storey buildings fronted with wooden canopies line the square

View of Jabal Harfa mountain near the village of Ash Shaykh

near the lapis lazuli mines at Sar-i-Sang

and has a rifle slung under his arm

In the distance beyond a number of trees grow in the sand

possibly a palace