RE 002 — Excavations near Jamrud Fort
Some ancient (probably Buddhist) stone walls in fair condition.
Some ancient (probably Buddhist) stone walls in fair condition.
[Album:] Excavations near Jamrud Fort.
[S&M List:] 1-5 Distant view of Khyber Pass.
- Original:
Chatham: Box No.: F 18, Album No.: 6/44, Page No.: 32
SBA: Yellow marbled album, No. 5 - W. Moorcroft and G. Trebeck (1841): Travels in the Himalayan Provinces […] in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and Bokhara, Vol. 2, p. 347: “The plain terminated at Jamrud, at the foot of the Khyber range. It appeared to have been formerly a place of importance, from the number of broken stone walls scattered about, and some large tanks, one of which was sixty yards square.”
- A.H. Dani (1969): Peshawar, Historic City of the Frontier, p. 195-196: Historical relics at Jamrud.
Image No.
RE 002
Collection
Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 1878-1880 1878-1880
Series
RE 001-056, Khyber, Jalalabad, Gandamak
Format
Albumen paper with gold toning, 205/280 mm, mounted on cardboard
Quality
faded
Place, date
Peshawar, November 1878
Descriptors
Latitude / Longitude34.004317 / 71.377930
Google Earth34°00'12" N / 71°22'43" E / 470 müM
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Survey of India MapSheet 38, Kabul (1917): Jamrud, 2D 30
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