Bishop Heber in Northern India

Klappentext This 1971 edition contains selections from Heber's account of his stay in Calcutta in 1826 24 and his subsequent journey across northern India to Bombay. Zusammenfassung This 1971 edition contains selections from Heber's account of his stay in Calcutta in 1823–24 and his subsequent journey across northern India to Bombay. The journal is marked by a sympathetic understanding of and interest in India to a degree by no means always to be found in British writers of this time. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations and maps; Preface; Introduction; Heber's Journal: 1. Bengal; 2. Bihar; 3. Banaras and Allahabad; 4. Oudh; 5. Rohilkhand and Kumaon; 6. Delhi and Agra; 7. Rajputana; 8. Gujarat; Glossary; Select bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: M.a. Laird
• Assisted by: M. A. Laird (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521143219
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14321-9
• Series: European Understanding of Indi; European Understanding of India Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; General & world history, General and world history, HISTORY / Asia / South / General