Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Nepalese porters often carry over 100 pounds of goods from village market to village market. They walk barefoot over rough terrain.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Ridges of the terraces form like wrinkles on the mountainsides. Mist comes down off the mountains, swirling above the terraced farms of the valley of Kathmandu


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Roof struts of the pagoda-style Badrinatha Tirtha are carved with elaborate, erotic scenes and effigies.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Older women wearing tilak on their forehead, a part of Hindu worship


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A large brick building dominates a city square in Bhaktapur. Men with bags and baskets cluster in front of the building. To the left, women collect water from a public …



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A baby lies on a mat at the bottom of stone steps shaded only by a make-shift tripod.



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Families do laundry at a pond near a temple in rural Nepal.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

A man carefully strings petals into wreaths to add to his store of things to sell. The woman next to him may be his wife.