PFH1175001: Cambodia: Line drawing of headdresses for foot soldiers, Angkor Wat South Gallery, Sappho Marchal, 1927 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175055: Singapore: A Peranakan or 'Straits Chinese' family, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175058: Singapore: A Peranakan bride and groom, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168109: Mongolia / China: An unnamed Yuan imperial consort. Paint and ink on silk, 14th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165501: India: 'The West View of Surat Castle' 1722. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165516: Indonesia: Chronicle of a Javanese Court in Yogyakarta [1800-1849] / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165522: Indonesia: Balinese copper plate grant inscribed with Balinese letters / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165555: Middle East: Illuminated page from a 14th-century Arabic bible. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165648: Burma / Myanmar: Two Tai Leng in ethnic dress. The Shan text identifies them as Tai Leng [= Tai Daeng, or 'Red Tai'] and the Burmese as Shan Ni. Both wear elaborate turbans, and one carries a black umbrella. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165699: Sri Lanka: Sinhalese aristocrat the Chief of Gampola together with three retainers, c.1880. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165708: Thailand: A pencil sketch from the mid-19th century of a Siamese official. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165720: Sri Lanka: Dudley Senanayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon, with Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, c.1968., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165735: Sri Lanka: 'The manner of their eating and drinking' (Knox, 1681). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165750: Thailand: A French drawing of two Siamese galleys racing in the 1680s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168214: Thailand: Three professional theatre actors in Siam, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168331: Thailand: A high-ranking Siamese woman poses for a photograph, Siam, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168334: Thailand: One of King Chulalongkorn's four main wives, late-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168361: Thailand: A Bangkok canal scene with, on the right, the entrance to a Buddhist temple, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168385: Thailand: Siamese farmers plough a rice field with water buffaloes, late-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168403: Mongolia / China: Rinchinbal Khan (r. October 23, 1329 - December 14, 1329); 14th Khagan of the Mongol Empire; 9th Yuan Emperor Ningzong. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168421: Mongolia: Bodi Alagh Khan, Khagan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty (1519-1547). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166239: Laos: King Sisavang Vong (or Sisavangvong) (14 July 1885 - 29 October 1959)., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166347: China: 'Shining Eyes and White Wrists', 1890s. By Wu Youru (1839-1893). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168811: China: Emperor Jianwen, 2nd ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1398-1402). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168820: China: Emperor Hongxi, 4th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1424-1425). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168823: China: Emperor Hongxi, 4th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1424-1425). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168835: China: Emperor Zhengtong, 6th and 8th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1435-1449; 1457-1464). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168871: China: Empress Xiaoding, consort of the 13th Ming Emperor Longqing (r. 1567-1572). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168883: China: Emperor Taichang, 15th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1620). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168889: China: Emperor Chongzhen, 17th ruler of the Ming Dynasty (r. 1627-1644). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169024: Japan: Japanese Buddhist monk Nichiren (1222-1282), founder of Nichiren Buddhism. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169054: China: Emperor Taizong (Tang Lishimin), 2nd ruler of the Tang Dynasty (r. 626-649). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169057: China: Emperor Taizong's visit to hell (painting) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166413: Laos: An 1867 illustration of a dug-out boat being towed upriver through the Keng Pansao rapids on the Mekong River between Vientiane and Luang Prabang. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166467: China: A Yao girl photographed on her wedding day in Yunnan province in 1925. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166518: Afghanistan: A Durrani Tribesman / Douran (1843). / Bridgeman Images