The monuments of Afghanistan : history, archaeology and architecture /

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Author / Creator:Ball, Warwick.
Imprint:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Description:xxiii, 298 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8372522
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ISBN:1850434360
9781850434368
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index.

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