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| About This GalleryMy interest in Photography began when I first bought a Canon G1 digital camera in 2001. Since then,
the camera has helped me to perceive the world around me with a different perspective: I now appreciate the light, the colors and the shapes around me more than I used to earlier on.
At present I am using a Nikon D70 with a DX 18-70 mm lens.
I dont have any copyrights for the pictures presented here. However I would appreciate if you would ask for permission before downloading any of the pictures.
The high resolution images (3000x2000 pixels) of most of the the photographs are available. If you are interested in purchasing a high resolution photograph, send an email to email@fabhatti.com
Fakhar-e-Alam Bhatti
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email@fabhatti.com (I am not using the email@bhatti.com.pk anymore. Please update your contact list).
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| PlacesPhotographs of places that I have visited over the years. |
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|  | | |  | Mughal ArchitectureMughal style of architecture - some of the buildings that still stand in lahore. |
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| | | |  | Colonial ArchitectureThe British have contributed a lot to the 'Modern' Lahore - expanding Lahore beyond the walled city. As one travels up the Mall today, one by one the sturctures of the Raj reveal themselves: The chief's (Aitchison) College; the Lahore Musuem; Kim's Gun - the Zamzama; the High Court; the Cathederal and the General Post Office ... |
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| | | | | Historical Images of LahoreScanned Images of Lahore taken from various sources. If you or some one you know is the owner of the copy rights for these images, please do let me know so that I can seek permission for hosting these images. |
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| |  | Bhaka - My villageThe history of 'Bhaka' dates back to a few hundred years, when my forefather "Karam Khan Bhatti" migrated from Pindi Bhattian to raise his family in a new land which later on came to be known as BHAKA BHATTIAN.
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| |  | IslamabadSome assorted pictures taken during my brief stay in Islamabad |
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| | | TaxilaThe place where I spent my early childhood. Our house was just a stroll away from the Taxila Museum. Back from School, while my brother played football on the adjoining field, I spent my time at the museum, admiring its architecture. |
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| | | |  | Archeological SitesTaxila is not just one site. It is said, over hundreds of years several cities were built and destroyed in this small area among beautiful hills which once full of forests.
Among the well-preserved sites the oldest is Bhir Mound near the famous Taxila Museum which houses some of the finest specimens of Ghandhara sculpture, gold ornaments and even scientific instruments dug out from the ruins.
Other sites include the Dharmarajik Stupa, Sirkup - which was once a well-planned city on both sides of a broad road with straight streets crossing it at right angles. Near it are the ruins of the other city of Sirsukh and monasteries and temples and the very interesting remains of the Buddhist monastery stop a small hill which is in a well-preserved state, having small stupas showing the social structure of the time.
Taxila is also part of ancient Gandhara. It was locally called as Takshashila or Takhashila in ancient times which means “city of cut stones” as is revealed by the ruins of Bhir Mound, Sirkup, Sirsukh, Juliyan and Jandial etc (Marshall 1960). It was Alexander Cuuingham who identified the city of Taxila (purely Greek version) with Takshashila mentioned in the ancient literature. Marshall excavated it for twenty years (1913-34). Probably it is called after Taxila the ruling tribe before 327 BC. In the epic of Ramayana, Bharata-brother of Rama is mentioned who had two sons Pushkala and Taksha. It is the latter who laid the foundations of Taxila at the same time when his brother Puskala founded Pushkalawati (Charsadda)
At the time of Alexander invasion Ambhi was its ruler who warmly welcomed the invader and entertained him for some time before subduing Porus, Ruler of the Jhelum region. The Chinese pilgrim who mentioned it as Ta-Cha-Shi-lo also visited the region. At the time of Hiueu Tsang`s visit it was a dependency of the Abhisaras rulers of Kashmir Apollonius of Tyana visited the valley too in 44 AD. Saint Thomas the apostle is also said to have visited the court of Gonophores a Parthian ruler of Taxila in 40 AD (lbid) some of the important sites of Taxila are mentioned below.
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