PFH1170500: Thailand: Queen Chamathewi statue attracts devotees, Lamphun / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170511: Thailand: The Chedi Suwanna Chang Kot (or Mahapon Chedi), Wat Chama Thewi, Lamphun, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170520: Thailand: The Chedi Suwanna Chang Kot (or Mahapon Chedi), Wat Chama Thewi, Lamphun, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170529: Cambodia: Dancer, Royal Ballet of Cambodia, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170560: China: Consort Xiang (- 1861), concubine of the Daoguang Emperor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170572: Thailand: Bronze Lanna-style Buddha image, 14th-15th century AD from Wat Don Kaew, Haripunchai National Museum, Lamphun / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170598: Netherlands/ Indonesia: Herman Willem Daendels, the 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1808 –11), posthumously painted by Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170618: Portrait of Oda Nobunaga, by Jesuit painter Giovanni Niccolo, 1583-1590. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170645: Japan: Woodblock print of a Japanese lady in kimono and geta, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1798-1861) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170676: Japan: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Memorial portrait of Hiroshige by Kunisada., Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170685: Japan: Hand-tinted photograph of a seated samurai, c. 1895. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170700: Thailand: Lintel, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170710: Thailand: Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170719: Japan: Nata-Dera Buddhist Temple, Komatsu, near Kaga City, Ishikawa, 1897. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168975: India: A shrine dedicated to Garuda in the shape of a chariot, Vitthala Temple, Hampi, Karnataka State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168996: India: A shrine dedicated to Garuda in the shape of a chariot, Vitthala Temple, Hampi, Karnataka State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169058: China: Calligraphy of Emperor Taizong, 7th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169129: China: San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Chongsheng Monastery, Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169138: China: Tonghaimen (South Gate), Old City, Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169079: India: A section of the Zenana Enclosure, Hampi, Karnataka State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169150: China: Silverware at the Jade and handicraft market just off Fuxing Lu, the old city's main street, Dali / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169195: China: Bai woman, Bai music and dance festival at Santa Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169157: China: Mao memorabilia mixed in with modern popular icons, shop on Fuxing Lu, Old Dali, Dali / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169163: China: Bai women dancing at the Bai music and dance festival at San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169169: China: Bai women dancing at the Bai music and dance festival at San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169182: China: Bai women at the Bai music and dance festival, San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169198: China: A Bai couple dance at the Bai music and dance festival at Santa Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169215: China: Doors at the entrance to the Changsheng Monastery behind San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168944: Burma/ Myanmar: The hamlet of Yong, situated at a picturesque confluence of the Mekong River, as illustrated by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte in July 1867. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168979: Thailand: Some of the 68 elephants surrounding the base of the Ceylonese-style chedi, Wat Chang Rob, Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168988: Laos: An 1867 drawing by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte of Wat Phra Keo temple in Vientiane. / 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

PFH1169064: China: Shangguan Wan'er (664-710), imperial consort of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (705-710). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169078: India: Elephant Stables, Hampi, Karnataka State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169145: China: People on the walls near Tonghaimen (South Gate), Old City, Dali, Yunnan / Bridgeman Images