PFH1165600: Cambodia: The face towers of the Bayon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165610: Cambodia: The face towers of the Bayon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165611: Cambodia: A garuda corner antefix on the Bayon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165615: Cambodia: Apsara (Celestial Nymph), The Bayon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165637: Burma / Myanmar: Tai Loi or 'Mountain Shan' couple in ethnic dress. The Shan text identifies them as 'Tai Loi [of] Hsam Tao', while the Burmese calls them 'Shan Sa Tauk'. The man carries a rifle while the woman uses a basket to carry fruit. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165651: Vietnam: Two pages from a text handwritten in Han Nom. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165657: Singapore: Illuminated frontispiece from a mid-19th century Christian text in the Malay language and Jawi script. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165659: Singapore: Illuminated frontispiece from a mid-19th century Christian text in the Malay language and Jawi script. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165660: Singapore: Illuminated frontispiece from a mid-19th century Christian text in the Malay language and Jawi script. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165664: Cambodia: The Khmer army advances on the Cham, bas-relief, The Bayon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165665: Cambodia: Cham archers attacking the Khmer army, bas-relief, The Bayon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165669: Cambodia: Cambodian visitors to the Baphuon, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165680: Cambodia: Boy at the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165684: Cambodia: The Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165685: Cambodia: The Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165686: Cambodia: The Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165690: Cambodia: Devas (benevolent deities or angels) lining the route to the South Gate, Angkor Thom / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165691: Thailand: A 19th-century sketch of Queen Debsirindra, the second wife of King Mongkut. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165275: Sri Lanka: The rest house at Welligama on the south coast of Sri Lanka. Watercolour by the German scientist and traveller Ernst Haeckel, c.1882. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165277: Sri Lanka: A view of Nuwara Eliya Lake. Watercolour by the German scientist and traveller Ernst Haeckel, c.1882. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165287: Sri Lanka: Fig trees in Peradeniya, Central Highlands. Photography by Ernst Haeckel, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165289: Sri Lanka: A waterfall near Kandy, Central Highlands. Photography by Ernst Haeckel, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165301: Cambodia: Chedi of King Norodom, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165311: Cambodia: The Reamker (Ramayana) Frescoes in the gallery surrounding the Silver Pagoda compound, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165324: Cambodia: Preah Thineang Dheva Vinnichay (Throne Hall), Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165326: Cambodia: Prasat Khemarin (Khemarin Palace) the private residence of the king, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165328: Cambodia: Pavilion of Napoleon III (left) and the Throne Hall (right), Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165332: Cambodia: Pavilion of Napoleon III, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165339: Cambodia: Equestrian statue of King Norodom, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165340: Cambodia: Chedi of King Suramarit and Queen Kossomak, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165354: Thailand: King Mangrai's Spirit House, Wiang Kum Kam, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165356: Thailand: King Mangrai's Spirit House, Wiang Kum Kam, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165362: Thailand: Wat Changkam, Wiang Kum Kam, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165369: Thailand: Wat Nanchang, Wiang Kum Kam, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165915: China: Chinese Muslim warlord Ma Bufang (1903 - 1975), a Muslim warlord from Hezhou (Linxia), one of the leading members of the Northwestern 'Ma clique' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165931: Sukarno was born on 6 June 1901 in Blitar, eastern Java, to a Javanese schoolteacher and a Balinese mother. His name was Kusno Sosrodihardjo, but he was renamed, as per Javanese custom, after surviving a childhood illness. His name is frequently spelled S / Bridgeman Images