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Triple based stupa in Harwan Monastery in diaper rubble style. Kashmir, India.

Set of rooms which might have been used for residential purposes or as a chapel. Part of the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

Another view of the stupa at the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

The Faiyum, an ancient oasis which flourished during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. It is most famous today for the finds of many fine painted mummy coffin lids.

An apsidal shrine made in diaper pebble masonry on the second terrace of the complex. From the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

A fragmented tile found in the complex, impressed with Kharoshti numerals. From the Harwan Monastery in Kashmir, India.

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