ABSTRACT
First published in 2002. Following twenty-five years in the Himalayas tirelessly documenting different forms of vernacular architecture and different local customs and beliefs as reflected in material objects, this book is the result. The arrangement of the works selected for the present show and for the accompanying catalogue is by region in a rough chronological order. The plates within carry inscribed a local traditional universe, for the better understanding of which the expert remarks have been added.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
The Hand of the Artist and the Hand of the Builder
Robert Powell's drawings in Ladakh
chapter |14 pages
The Curious Mosque of Gabral Jaba, Swat-Kohistan
Reading the drawings of Robert Powell