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Charles Masson

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Charles Masson (1800–1853) was the pseudonym of James Lewis, a British East India Company soldier, independent explorer and pioneering archaeologist and numismatist. He was the first European to discover the ruins of Harappa near Sahiwal in Punjab, now in Pakistan. He found the ancient city of Alexandria in the Caucasus dating to Alexander the Great. He unlocked the now-extinct language known as Kharoshthi.

Books

La Revue Dessinée #13

La Revue Dessinée #13

James, Jean-Michel Billioud, Jean-Philippe Uzan, Aurore Petit, Aurel, Hélène Constanty, Thierry Chavant, Rudy Spiessert, Charles Masson, Fabrice Erre, Cyrille Pomès, Jeff Pourquié, Patrick Roger, Louise Fessard, Camille Polloni, Arnaud Le Gouefflec, François Maumont, Halfbob, Nicolas Moog, Zoé Thouron

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab, & Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab, & Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab

Narrative of a Journey to Kalât, Including an Insurrection at that Place in 1840

Narrative of a Journey to Kalât, Including an Insurrection at that Place in 1840

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab

Ariana Antiqua

Horace Hayman Wilson, Charles Masson

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