Mother Goddess statue from Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilisation, Karachi Museum, Karachi, Pakistan

Seals from Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilisation, Karachi Museum, Karachi, Pakistan

Harappa site, Indus Valley Civilisation between 3000 and 1700 BC, Sahiwal District, Pakistan

Board game, Indus Valley Civilisation, Harappa Museum, Pakistan

The Indus Valley from the monastery at Thikse (Tikse), Ladakh, India, Asia

The Citadel with Buddhist Stupa 2nd century AD, Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilization 3rd-2nd centuries BC, Pakistan

Indus Valley and Ladakh Range, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Indus Valley and Stok-Kangri massif, Leh, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

View of the Indus valley from Hemis gompa (monastery), Hemis, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Indus River at Skardu looking downstream, Mount Marshakala, 5150m, Mashabrum Range, Karakorams, Baltistan, Pakistan, Asia

Man meditating, with view of Indus Valley and Stok-Kangri massif, Leh, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

A stupa bound with prayer flags stands under the walls of Leh Palace, Leh, Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

The huge 15 metre high statue of Maitreya (Chamba) Buddha (the Buddha to come), the largest effigy of Buddha in India, Thikse Gompa, near Leh, Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

The huge 15 metre high statue of Maitreya (Chamba) Buddha (the Buddha to come), the largest effigy of Buddha in India, Thikse Gompa, near Leh, Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

Looking down towards Leh and the Indus Valley from Leh Palace, Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

Lothal, southernmost site of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, Gujarat, India, Asia

Lothal, southernmost site of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, Gujarat, India, Asia

Lothal, southernmost site of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, Gujarat, India, Asia

Indus Valley and Ladakh Range, Tikse (Tiksay), Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Indus Valley and Ladakh Range seen from Tikse (Tiksay) gompa (monastery), Tikse (Tiksay), Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Object from Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilisation, Karachi Museum, Karachi, Pakistan

Indus Civilisation, Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pakistan, Asia

Seals depicting animals from the Indus civilisation of Mohenjodaro, in the Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Statue of the king priest from the Indus civilisation at Mohenjodaro, in the Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Statue of the king priest from the Indus civilisation at Mohenjodaro, in the Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Figure in a chariot or cart drawn by animals, from the Indus civilisation at Mohenjodaro, in the Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

The chess board from the Indus civilisation at Mohenjodaro, in the Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Ruins of the Indus Civilization, Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pakistan, Asia

Great Bath, Indus Civilization, Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pakistan, Asia

The Citadel with the Buddhist stupa dating from 2nd century AD, from south west, Indus Valley civilization, Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sind (Sindh), Pakistan, Asia

Great Bath of the Citadel from south, Indus Valley civilization, Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sind (Sindh), Pakistan, Asia

The ruins at the archaeological site of Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley civilisation, UNESCO World Heritage site, Pakistan, Asia

Necklace of carnelian beads, Mohenjodaro, Pakistan, Asia

Ritual bath in the citadel, Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Indus Valley civilisation, Pakistan, Asia

Srinagar-Leh road in Yapola Gorge, from Lamayuru down to Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

Remains of the Indus civilization, archaeological site of Mohenjodaro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pakistan, Asia

Bangle from Harappa, Indus Valley civilization, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

The archaeological site, dating from between 3000 and 1700 BC, Harappa, Indus Valley civilisation, Pakistan, Asia

Board game, Harappa Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley civilization, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pakistan, Asia

Statue of Mother Goddess, Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Bronze female figure, Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Seals from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Seal from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Carnelian beads from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Perforated pot for scent from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Mirror from Taxila, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Female statue from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Detail of king priest, Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Object from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Objects from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Chess board from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Chess board from Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Loaded mini bus with half open engine lid and people sitting on the roof top on the road between Leh and Alchi, Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

Indus Valley and Stok-Kangri massif, Leh, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Statue, Harappa museum, Pakistan, Asia

Statue, Harappa museum, Pakistan, Asia

Torso, statue, Harappa museum, Pakistan, Asia

Chorten, Indus Valley, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Indus Valley and Ladakh Range, Tikse (Tiksay), Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Indus Valley and Stok-Kangri massif, Leh, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Harappa site, dating from between 3000 and 1700BC, Sahiwal district, Pakistan, Asia

Inkpot from Taxila, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Indus Valley and Ladakh Range, Tikse (Tiksay), Ladakh, Indian Himalaya, India, Asia

Object, Harappa Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Chorten, Indus Valley, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Statue, Harappa Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Indus Valley and Ladakh Range, Tikse (Tiksay), Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, India, Asia

Ashtray from Taxila, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

Indus River Valley near Dasu, Indus Kohistan, Pakistan, Asia

Crossing River Indus by pulley, near Besham, Indus Kohistan, Pakistan, Asia

Panorama from Tsenmo Hill over Leh and the Indus Valley to Hemis National Park with Stok Kangri, 6153m, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

4 storied Buddha statue Maitreya Temple at Basgo Palace, 14th century, former kings palace, Unesco World Cultural Heritage, Indus valley, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

A big Tibetan Mani Stone with the Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" colorfully engraved on a hill above the Indus Valley, Shey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Wallpainting, fresco, at the buddhist monastery of Thikse or Thiksay, Indus valley, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Overlooking the oasis Leh into the Indus Valley, in the foreground Ladakhi people, Ladakh, Northern India, the Himalayas

Thikse Gompa, huge monastery situated on a hill south of Leh, overlooking the Indus valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Chorten in the upper Indus valley, following the confluence of the Indus and the Zanskar Rivers, Ladakh, India, Himalayas, Asia

View down south over the Indus valley from the rooftop of Thikse Gompa, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Thikse Gompa, huge monastery situated on a hill south of Leh, overlooking the Indus valley, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Indus Valley of the Indus River, Tibetan Buddhism, view from the top of Spituk Gompa Monastery near Leh, Ladakh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. A group of novice monks pose for a portrait at The Drukpa Kagyud Primary School. The school is part of Hemis Buddhist Monastery located 45 kilometers from Leh in Ladakh, Northern India.

An adolescent Pashtun girl shields her face as she carries water through the streets of the Meira camp for earthquake survivors, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. The conservative code of the Pashtun tribe of the area dictate that girls must cover themselves, including their faces, after their first period. The crowded life in the camp has made such rules difficult to follow. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

A Pashtun girl holds her younger brother, in the Meira camp for earthquake survivors in the Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

In the Meira camp for earthquake survivors, two Pashtun men sit by piles of family possesions, waiting for the truck which will take them from the camp, where they have spent the winter, back to their devastated mountain village, in the Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. The Pakistani army, which runs the camp, has mandated that the camps be cleared by early April, despite the fact that many families are afraid or unprepared to return to their devastated homes. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. A portrait of a novice monk of The Drukpa Kagyud Primary School. The school is part of Hemis Buddhist Monastery located 45 kilometers from Leh in Ladakh, Northern India.

A Pashtun man stands outside the Cuban hospital in the Meira camp for earthquake survivors, NWFP, Pakistan. The Cuban government sent 30,000 doctors, nurses and other personnel to set up field hospitals throughout the earthquake affected area. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is run by the Pakistani army like a small city, and is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily Pashtuns from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

A girl in the Meira tent camp for earthquake survivors stands on top of a pile of her family's belongings as they wait for transportation from the camp, where they have spent the winter, back to their devastated mountain village, in the NWFP, Pakistan. The Pakistani army, which runs the camp, has mandated that the camps be cleared by early April, despite the fact that many families are afraid or unprepared to return to their devastated homes. The Meira Tent camp (also called Mera, or Maria camp), is located on the Indus River in the Battagram district. The camp, the largest for displaced people in Pakistan, hosts over 21,000 earthquake survivors, primarily from the Allai valley in Pakistan's NWFP, one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8, 2005 earthquake.

Thiksay monastary rising majestically in the Indus River valley, Ladakh India