The present travelogue describes George Forster’s journey from Bengal to England during 1782-84. He traveled from India through Kashmir, Afghanistan, Persia, by the Caspian Sea to Russia, from Petersburg finally he took a ship to England, visiting and describing amongst other, the cities of Calcutta, Murshidabad, Patna, Benares, Allahabad, Lucknow, Bareilly Moradabad, Bilaspur, Nurpur, Jummu, Jalalabad, Kabul, Ghazni, Khandhar, Heart, Astrakhan and Moscow. He has also devoted chapters to Hindu Mythology, Brief Histories of Rohillas, Shujah-ud-daulah, and the Sikhs.
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