A Guide to Taxila.

MARSHALL, John (1876-1958).

Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1921. [Pakistan Archaeology] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 132. With 30 illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and several folding maps and plans. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Red endpapers. A nice clean copy, with some rubbing to cloth, especially spine. Very good. Marshall began the first excavation of the ancient city of Taxila in 1913, and also founded the museum in 1918, making him the foremost authority on the site during this period. Item #59633

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