ANCIENT INDIA

Ritual baths at Mohenjo-Daro, c. 2500 BC.

Taxila, capital of Raja Ombhi in the Punjab. Ombhi gave Alexander the Great a beach head into the Indus Valley in 327 BC, enabling him to seize control of the northern tributaries of the Indus.

Stupa, or religious shrine to the Buddha, constructed by the great Indian king of the Mauryan dynasty, Ashoka, c. 250 BC.

Famous Lion's Column of Ashoka, c. 250 BC. Statue of the Buddha, Prince Gautama, 5th century AD.