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Lieutenant Colonel James Tod
(1782 - 1835)

Travels in Western India: Embracing a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the Most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith between Rajpootana and the Indus; with an Account of Ancient City of Nehrwalla



Lieutenant Colonel James Tod, Travels in Western India: Embracing a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the Most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith between Rajpootana and the Indus; with an Account of Ancient City of Nehrwalla, London: William H Allen, 1839

lx; 518 pages, [ii-page errata]; 8 engraved and 1 black and white lithographed plate; 3 black and white vignettes; half morocco with cloth boards and decorated spine in gilt with 5 raised bands
31 x 25 x 4 cm

LIST Of PLATES
1. Interior of a Tempe at Dailwarra, on Aboo / 2. Ancient Fort of Achilgurh, on Aboo / 3. The Nukhi Talao / 4. Remains of a Brahminical Temple at Chandravarti / 5. Marble Pillars at Chandravarti / 6. Temple at Chandravarti / 7. Anhulwarra Puttun / 8. Bowlee at Anhulwarra Puttun (lithograph) / 9. Palace of Khengar and Temple

Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod was an English-born officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar. He rose to become Captain of an escort for an envoy in the Sindhian 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.

The present lot 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 firsthand 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.

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