Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825

by Reginald Heber, Amelia Shipley Heber (Editor)

Overview

Reginald Heber (1783–1826) was appointed as the second Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, having previously been connected with both the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. At the time, the diocese of Calcutta covered all of India, and also southern Africa and Australia, and his short episcopate involved much travelling around his scattered flock. Heber's account of his travels in India and Sri Lanka was published by his widow Amelia in 1828, and expanded to three volumes in this third edition of 1828–1829, which provides a valuable description of the culture of India in the 1820s. Heber wrote positively about the moral character of Hindus, and identified faults as well as strengths in British rule in India. Volume 2 describes his travels from Cawnpore through Delhi, Agra and Jaipur to Baroda in north-west India, and includes much detail about Indian customs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108028912
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/02/2011
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
Pages:	554
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Voyage to India; 1. Sangor; 2. Calcutta; 3. Calcutta; 4. Calcutta; 5. Calcutta to Sibnibashi; 6. Sibnibashi to Dacca; 7. Dacca; 8. Dacca to Furreedpoor; 9. Furreedpoor to Boglipoor; 10. Boglipoor to Monghyr; 11. Monghyr to Buxar; 12. Buxar to Benares; 13. Benares to Allahabad.