The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture

by Warwick Ball

No history of China, India, Persia or Russia can be fully understood without continual reference to central Asia. At the heart of the region lie the deserts and mountain range of Afghanistan that even today remain largely unexplored. Yet in the past Afghanistan saw the rise of great cities, empires and civilizations such as the Kushan in the first few centuries AD, the Ghaznavid in the 11th century, and the Timurid in the 15th. Despite bearing witness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850434360
• ISBN13: 9781850434368
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 4.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 10.6"