PFH1183899: India: Ghats (holy stairs) surround Pushkar's holy lake, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183905: India: The Gayatri Devi Temple overlooks the ghats (holy stairs) surrounding Pushkar's holy lake, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183909: Cambodia: Apsaras (Celestial Nymph) adorn the eastern entrance to Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183912: Cambodia: View of Angkor Wat from the eastern entrance / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183933: Japan: Painting of a bijin or beautiful woman by Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912), Chikanobu, Toyohara (1838-1912) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183940: India: Unidentified Moghul Emperor or nobleman, 17th century miniature painting / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183942: India: An unidentified Mughal prince, 17th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183944: India: Aurangzeb, 6th Mughal Emperor (Abul Muzaffar Muhiu 'd-Din Muhammad, r. 1658-1707) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183947: India: 17th century miniature possibly of the Hindu Goddess Durga with a winged horse / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183954: India / Afghanstan: Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi / Lodi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183961: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Khalifa I bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1888-1890) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183963: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1893-1896) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183984: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Sir Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Said, Crown Prince of Zanzibar (r. 1960-1963), c. 1957 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183996: Oman: Official portrait of Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman (1970- ) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184007: Laos: View from Phousi (Phu Si) Hill towards Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184011: Laos: Small pointed arch chapel and chedi (stupa), Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184013: Laos: Entrance to the sim (ordination hall), Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184014: Laos: Golden bas-reliefs in the verandah at the entrance to the sim (ordination hall), Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184015: Laos: Golden bas-reliefs in the verandah at the entrance to the sim (ordination hall), Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184017: Laos: Golden bas-relief at the entrance to the sim (ordination hall), Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184032: Laos: Buddha shrine inside That Chomsi at the summit of Phousi (Phu Si) Hill, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184040: Laos: Large standing Buddha in outer chapel building, Wat Sene (Saen), Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184042: Laos: Large standing Buddha in outer chapel building, Wat Sene (Saen), Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184046: Laos: Main Buddha image in the sim (assembly hall) at Wat Sop Sickharam, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184051: Laos: Wat Sop Sickharam, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184065: Laos: Main Buddha image in Wat Pak Khan, Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184079: Turkey: The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V celebrates the Allied withdrawal from Gallipoli before a sceptical German kaiser. Punch, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184095: Myanmar / Burma: A Gurkha soldier takes aim at the Japanese during the Battle of Mandalay, 1945 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184096: Laos: Dok so faa (metal roof decoration), Wat Nong Sikhounmuang (Sikhunmuang), Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183503: Vietnam: Cua O Quan Chuonh (Old East Gate), Old Quarter, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183514: India: Birbal Bhavan (Birbal's House, Akbar's favourite courtier), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183515: India: The Hathi Pol Gate (Elephant Gate) near Birbal Bhavan (Birbal's House), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183520: India: A marble artisan at work renovating sections of Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183526: Thailand: The elaborate funeral bier for the late abbot at Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183528: Thailand: The elaborate funeral bier for the late abbot at Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183529: Thailand: The elaborate funeral bier for the late abbot at Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images