My postcard collection

Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland  Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnat...

The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A...

Located at the heart of the Himalayan range in northern India (State of Sikkim), the Khangchendzonga National Park includes a uniqu...

The Nalanda Mahavihara site is in the State of Bihar, in north-eastern India. It comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic...

Older than the Himalaya mountains, the mountain chain of the Western Ghats represents geomorphic features of immense importance wit...

In the heart of Assam, this park is one of the last areas in eastern India undisturbed by a human presence. It is inhabited by the ...

This National Park in the western part of the Himalayan Mountains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh is characterized...

The Sundarbans covers 10,000 km2 of land and water (more than half of it in India, the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It ...

This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afgha...

On a gentle slope in the foothills of the Himalayas, where wooded hills give way to alluvial grasslands and tropical forests, the M...

Nestled high in West Himalaya, India’s Valley of Flowers National Park is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and ou...

These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, not far ...

The Great Living Chola Temples were built by kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched over all of south India and the neighbourin...

On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic...

Built in the early 13th century a few kilometres south of Delhi, the red sandstone tower of Qutb Minar is 72.5 m high, tapering fro...

The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainme...

Rani-ki-Vav, on the banks of the Saraswati River, was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD. Stepwells are...

The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are in the foothills of the Vindhyan Mountains on the southern edge of the central Indian plateau. W...

Exemplifying the formative stage of the Mughal structural style, Humayun's Tomb stands as a landmark in the development of Mugh...

Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the ...