Sherpur Cantonments from Asnai Hill.jpg
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English: Panoramic photograph of two prints joined together. Complex of buildings in foreground. Fields and trees in mid-ground. Large hills in background. Snow covers the whole scene. The Sherpur Cantonment, seen from Asmai Hills was situated a mile north of the city of Kabul, Afghanistan; it was planned by the Amir of Afghanistan, Shere Ali Khan (1825-1879) as the main winter headquarters of his army, and later used by the British army during the course of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80) and photographed by the Bengal Sappers and Miners, an engineering arm of the Indian Army in c. 1879. |
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| Source | https://www.rct.uk/collection/2702102/sherpur-cantonments-from-asnai-hill-photographs-india-presented-by-lord-lytton |
| Author | Bengal Sappers and Miners |
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