Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 688 g
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 688 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-19038-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The purpose of this book, published in 1813 by Thomas Duer Broughton (1778-1835), is to provide an English audience with an accurate description of 'the character, manners, domestic habits and religious ceremonies of the Mahrattas'. Broughton, an army officer in the East India Company, first arrived in India while serving as a cadet in the Bengal establishment in 1795, and eventually rose to the positions of captain in 1805, major in 1816 and colonel in 1829. The book consists of a series of thirty-two letters addressed to his brother, and most of the letters describe the events and the environment of the Rajputana region, beginning with an account of a journey from Agra to Kerowli. The letters which follow all contain fascinating descriptions of festivals and other events, and cultural encounters of all kinds, painting a vivid portrait of life for the British in early nineteenth-century India.
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1. Introduction; 2. Account of Kiruolee; 3. Description of a Mahratta camp; 4. March to Kutolee; 5. March to the Chumbul; 6. March to Choroo and Puchala; 7. Change of ground; 8. March to Issurdu; 9. Orders for a march; 10. Siege of Doonee continued; 11. Siege of Doonee continued; 12. Arrival of the Jypoor ambassador; 13. Return of the messenger from Jypoor; 14. March to the Bunas; 15. March towards Jajgurh; 16. March towards Shahpoora; 17. Surjee Rao goes to Shahpoora; 18. March to Roopahelee; 19. March to Nimara; 20. Death of Surjee Rao; 21. The mourning of the Baee; 22. Seendhiya's designs upon the Wukeels of Dokul Singh; 23. March from Kuliawas; 24. The Junum-ushtoomee; 25. Increasing perplexities of the Muha Raj; 26. Confinement of the Baee; 27. Violent disturbances in the battalions; 28. The Muha Raj's birthday; 29. Anajee's agent arrives in camp; 30. March from Roopahelee; 31. Negotiations with the Shshpoora Wukeels not concluded; 32. March to Ajmeer.
