LIST OF PLATES.
| VOL. I. | |
| [Plate I.] | Costume of Bokhara, to face the title-page. |
| [II.] | Colossal Idols at Bameean, to face page 183. |
| (This is a double plate, and must be folded.) | |
| VOL. II. | |
| III. | Bactrian and other Coins, to face page 455. |
| IV. | Bactrian and other Coins, to face page 455. |
| VOL. III. | |
| V. | View of Hydrabad on the Indus, to face title-page. |
| VI. | Natives of Cutch, to face page 9. |
| VII. | Natives of Sinde, to face page 87. |
| VIII. | View of Sindree, to face page 309. |
N.B. Mr. John Arrowsmith’s Map, constructed expressly for this work, is sold separately by all booksellers, price, in sheets 7s., in cover 7s. 6d., and in case 10s.
ADVERTISEMENT
REGARDING
THE MAP OF CENTRAL ASIA AND THE INDUS.
On my return to Europe, I gave my original manuscript surveys, protractions, and the whole of the observations which I had made during a period of nine years, while employed in different surveys throughout Asia, together with such other authentic documents as I had collected, to Mr. John Arrowsmith.[1] He has embodied these in a large and comprehensive map, to illustrate this work; combining, at the same time, the latest and best information on the various countries within the limits of the map. The task has been most laborious; but the accuracy with which it has been performed will, I am sure, entitle him to the high approbation of the public: since this map throws a new light on the geography of this portion of the globe. It is due to Mr. Arrowsmith to state, that this map has been engraved at his own expense, and is now published, in the most public-spirited manner, at his own risk.
London, June, 1834.
PREFACE.
In the year 1831, I was deputed in a political capacity to the Court of Lahore, charged with a letter from the King of England, and a present of some horses, to the ruler of that country. The principal object of my journey was to trace the course of the Indus; which had only been crossed at particular points by former travellers, and had never been surveyed but between Tatta and Hydrabad. My success in this undertaking, which was attended with many difficulties, and the sight of so many tribes hitherto little known, gave fresh strength to a desire that I had always felt to see new countries, and visit the conquests of Alexander. As the first European of modern times who had navigated the Indus, I now found myself stimulated to extend my journey beyond that river—the scene of romantic achievements which I had read of in early youth with the most intense interest.