ABC 062 — Watering Horses at Camp Akhtachi
In the foreground stand some Anglo-Indian soldiers in Afghan lambskin coats (poshtin). Many horses covered with blankets, grazing on the banks of a rivulet on arid ground, sparsely covered with grass and shrubs, or drinking. The background is formed by a hilly countryside.
Enlargement of the left part.
In the foreground stand some Anglo-Indian soldiers in Afghan lambskin coats (poshtin). Many horses covered with blankets, grazing on the banks of a rivulet on arid ground, sparsely covered with grass and shrubs, or drinking. The background is formed by a hilly countryside.
[List:] 62. Nala near Akhtarchi camp looking north.
- Adamec, L.W. (1975): Herat and north-western Afghanistan, p. 17: Akhtachi, “Akhtachi proper is 8 miles east of Gulran, and about the same distance northwest of Tutakchi.”
Image No.
ABC 062
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 2, Photographs 058 to 116
Format
Sepia print, 145/202 mm
Quality
good, darkened, crumpled in the upper right corner
Place, date
Akhtachi, February to March, 1885
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude35.158680 / 61.887200
Google Earth35°40ʹ N / 61°49ʹ E
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Survey of India MapSheet 29, Herat (1916): Akhtachi, J 83
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