Travels in Western India

Embracing a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains and the Most Celebrated Shrines

James Tod (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

594 Seiten

2024
Manohar Publishers and Distributors (Verlag)
978-93-90035-77-9 (ISBN)

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The present work contains a narrative of places visited by James Tod on the way to his return to England. Starting from Udaipur in Rajasthan to Mandavi in Kutch, he traversed Saurashtra and Kutch from where he travelled to Chandravati, Anhilvad Patan, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Khambhat, Bhavnagar, Valabhi, Palitana, Somnath, Junagarh, Dwarka, Bhuj and several other places. This account is replete with facts and first hand information of these places. Particularly fascinating are his accounts of the Jain temples at Dilwara, Palitana and the Girnar hills and the ancient remains of Chandravati, Ahmedabad, Junagarh, Bhuj and other towns. Equally fascinating are traditions, sects and beliefs of these places which Tod could explain with felicity. Included in the account are fine woodcut illustrations of monuments, plans of some of the places?as?well?as?drawings?of?sundry?items?observed?by?Tod.

James Tod (1782-1835) was an English military officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar. He travelled India in 1799 as a cadet in the Bengal army. He rose to become Captain of an escort for an envoy in the Sindian royal court and later Political Agent for some areas of Rajputana. He combined his official role and his amateur interests to create a series of works about the history and geography of India, and in particular the area then known as?Rajputana?and?corresponds?to?the?present?state?of?Rajasthan.

Chapter I Introduction 1
Chapter II DeParture from Oodipoor 9
Chapter III Grateful attention of the Author’s 29
Chapter IV Beejipoor VIew of the Aravulli 50
Chapter V Maireoh Jain Temple 73
Chapter VI Dailwarra Temple of Vrishabdeva 101
Chapter VII Girwur Chandravati 127
Chapter VIII Kingdom of Nehrawaleh 144
Chapter IX History of Anhulwarra 164
Chapter X History of Anhulwarra 193
Chapter XI Remains of Anhulwarra 222
Chapter XII Journey resumed 237
Chapter XIII DeParture from Baroda 246
Chapter XIV Palithana The Holy land of the Jains 274
Chapter XV Guriadhar Aspect 303
Chapter XVI Puttun Somnath 328
Chapter XVII Remnant of Early Civilisation 355
Chapter XVIII Reflection of the Author 379
Chapter XIX Dandoosir Jinjirrie 402
Chapter XX Beerwalla Aramra 429
Chapter XXI The Author Embarks 444
Chapter XXII Cath-kot the Ancient Seat 456
Chapter XXIII Statistics and Geography 484
Appendiex 503

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2025
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	220 x 288 mm
Gewicht	1450 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	93-90035-77-5 / 9390035775
ISBN-13	978-93-90035-77-9 / 9789390035779
Zustand	Neuware