Charles Masson was a thorn in the side of the British Indian government. A deserter from the East India Company's army, who became an explorer, Masson was a passionate observer of the people of the North-West Frontier of India and Afghanistan. He spent time in Lahore, Peshawar and Kabul and was the first European to identify the remains of the ancient city of Begram. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and...
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