JHL498556: Chinese Wheelbarrow, c.1870-90 (b/w photo), European Photographer, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

JHL498557: The Viceroy Administrative Office after the 1911 Uprising, Wuchang, 1911 (b/w photo), European Photographer, (20th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

XJF498567: Horse and Grooms, 1754 (pencil on paper), Spencer, Thomas (1700-63) / British Museum, London, UK / Bridgeman Images

XJF498573: Dyeing Morocco Leather (engraving), English School, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

POV497970: Light in doorway of 17th century Tibetan Buddhist (Vajrayana) Bardan Gompa (monastery, Drukpa-Kargyu order) Bardan, Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497870: Street vendors, Ladakhi women in traditional costumes selling fruit & vegeatables on roadside pavement in market bazar Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497978: Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC, India Trust) running empowering "Community-based ecotourism for conservation & development" training course/workshop using 'Appa' (Appreciative participatory planning & action) process for villagers in remote Zanskar village, here: Outdoor village meeting & discussion in field, village in bckgnd., (www.snowleopardconservancy.org) Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497876: Subsistence farming: Balti villagers harvesting barley fields in remote Himalayan valley between Sanku & Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497989: Buddhist puja (prayer) offering, daily morning purification ritual: Burning (like incense) roasted barley (tsampa) & yak butter in spoon to ensure health of crops, livestock & people in remote Himalayan village, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497883: Subsistence farming: Balti villagers harvesting barley fields below village in remote Himalayan fertile river valley between Sanku & Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498004: Himalayan landscape: Mani wall (stones inscribed with prayers, invocations, mantras - Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric B., Vajrayana) in remote mountain valley with snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. nr. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497894: General view of remote Himalayan Balti village, drying livestock winter fodder on roofs Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498020: Traditional artist on scaffolding (poplar) redecorating Tibetan Buddhist Drukpa temple (Naropa Potang), building site Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497903: Two Balti girls on rock slope in remote Himalayan valley near village Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498027: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Pile of ram & ibex horns making a lhatho (or latho) acting as a sacred place protector, Nezer, Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497913: Traditional Buddhist village in remote Himalayan valley looking towards snowcapped mountains (note solar panel on roof) Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498041: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Two Gelugpa monks playing dung-chen (long copper trumpets) on monastery roof announcing beginning of sunrise puja (ritual service), across Indus Valley towards Zanskar Range Thiksey Gompa, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497924: Mixed herd of Pashmina (aka. Changthangi), other goats & sheep in predator-proof corral (implemented through SLC program, see: www.snowleopardconservancy.org/conservation2-1.htm) on summer pasture in high-altitude Himalayan valley Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498061: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): 'Forest' of prayer flags at top of Khardung la pass (5,606m) north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497933: Himalayan landscape: Abstract texture of massive eroding mountain side in high altitude cold desert between Khaltse and Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497934: Himalayan landscape: Lorry rounding bend on precipitous mountain road between Khaltse and Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497943: High-altitude ice & snow mountain wilderness: Glacier between peaks in Nun-Kun massif (Nun, 7135m & Kun, 7077m) in Great Himalayan Range Suru Valley, Kargil District, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497945: Harvest: Ladakhi family carrying bales of hay (for livestock winter fodder) onto roof of traditional house on mountain plateau, dzo (yak/cow hybrid) in foregnd. Rangdum, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497949: Truck/lorry on narrow Himalayan road descending Pensi la mountain pass (4401m), only transport route between Ladakh & Zanskar Kargil District, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497955: Traditional Zanskari farming village (note drying livestock fodder on roofs) overlooking autumn harvest landscape on river plain & snowcapped Great Himalayan Range beyond, Pipiting, nr. Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498082: Aerial view of snowcapped cloudy peaks & glaciers in northwestern Himalayas above India controlled Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498089: Qutb Minar tower: most perfect ancient example of minar to exist anywhere, covered in carvings and deeply inscribed verses from Koran, highest stone tower in India, 72.5m, Indo-Islamic architecture, within Qutb Minar complex=first monuments of Muslim India, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498090: Qutb Minar tower: most perfect ancient example of minar to exist anywhere, covered in carvings and deeply inscribed verses from Koran, highest stone tower in India, 72.5m, Indo-Islamic architecture, within Qutb Minar complex=first monuments of Muslim India, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498091: Two ring-necked parrots/parakeets (Psittacula krameri manillensis) on deeply carved 13th century Islamic stone tower Qutb Minar complex, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498095: Qutb Minar tower (13th cent.,most perfect ancient example of minar to exist anywhere, covered in carvings and deeply inscribed verses from Koran, highest stone tower in India, 72.5m) seen through arch of 12th cent. Quwwatul-Islam Masjid (earliest extant mosque in India) Indo-Islamic architecture, Qutb Minar complex, Unesco World Heritage Site Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498102: Man (in riverbank community of homeless people) ritually bathing in heavily polluted Yamuna river amongst floating and burning rubbish on bank, Kudsia Ghat, Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498111: Sufism: Devotee offering customary money ('vel') to Qawwali (devotional song&music) musicians at dargah (=tomb) of Nizamuddin (aka. Nizam-ud-din, legendary 14th cent sufi saint/shaikh, 'inventor' of qawwali, Chishti order) Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498115: Sufism: Group of young male devotees wearing kufi caps at dargah (=tomb) of Nizamuddin (aka. Nizam-ud-din, legendary 14th cent sufi saint/shaikh, Chishti order) Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498122: Sikhism: Gurdwara Bangla Sahib (most prominent Sikh temple in Delhi) and holy pond (known as Sarovar, containing "Amrit") at night Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498125: Sikhism: Gurusikh volunteers preparing free food in temple community kitchen (Guru-ka-langar) serving thousands of people/day (mostly the poor), Gurdwara Bangla Sahib (most prominent Sikh temple in Delhi) Delhi, India / Bridgeman Images

JHL498385: Canal in Peking, c.1865-70 (b/w photo), English Photographer, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images