Travels in Western India

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James Tod is known for his classic work Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. The present work, Travels in Western India contains the narrative of his journey and the places Tod visited on the way to his return to England. Starting his journey from Udaipur in Rajasthan to Mandavi in Kutch, he traversed Surashtra and Kutch from where Chandravati, Anhilvad Patan, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Khambhat, Bhavnagar, Valabhi, Palitana, Somnath, Junagarh, Dvaraka, Bhuj and several other places. This account is replete with facts and first-hand information about the places he visited. Particularly fascinating is his account of the Jaina temples at Dilwara, Palitana and the Girnar hills and the ancient remains at Chandravati, Anhilvad Patan, Ahmedabad, Junagarh, Bhuj and other towns. Equally important are the traditions, sects and beliefs, palias or hero-stones which Tod could understand and explain with felicity on account of his first hand experience in Rajasthan. Included in this account of travels is an appendix containing translations of inscriptions referred to by Tod in the book. This account also contains fine wood-cut illustrations of monuments, plans of some of the places as well as drawings of sundry items observed by Tod. This book, which was published posthumously, has also a fairly detailed memoir on its author Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod, which brings out the personality of this memorable person. James Tod’s Travels in Western India is an extremely valuable work for the scholars as well as lay reader interested in knowing about peoples and places.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR James Tod

The Founder of modern historiography on Rajasthan, James Tod (1782-1835) was born at Inslington. In the 1798 he joined East India Company's service as an army cadet and rose up to the rank of Lieutenant in 1800. In the year 1805 he was assigned the command of the suite of Graeme Mercer, Agent of Sindhia's court and remained associated with Sindhia's court till 1818 in various capacities which enabled him to collect geographical and topographical data on Rajasthan and central India. His thorough acquaintance with the affairs of Rajputana paved the way for his final appointment in 1818 as Political Agent to the Western states, in which capacity he served the company till his premature retirement due to ill health in June 1822. After returning back to England Tod compiled his material into two valuable works on which rests his abiding place of honour in the field of historical writing the Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan and the Travels in Western India.

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Title
Travels in Western India
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Edition
1st. Ed.
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ISBN
8121507677
Length
578p.
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