The Imperial Gazetteer Of India (Volume Xxi) Pushkar To Salween (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354217821)

An indispensable window into British India: The Imperial Gazetteer of India (Volume XXI), Pushkar to Salween. A landmark reference, fully restored. Compiled under William Wilson Hunter in the late nineteenth century, this volume forms part of the great historical gazetteer collection that once attempted to name, classify and explain the subcontinent from empire's centre. As a british india reference work and a colonial India encyclopedia it combines place-level description, administrative note and cultural observation, serving as an Indian geography resource that has long informed regional studies India and the India travel compendium traditions of Victorian scholarship. Entries range from short factual entries to compact sketches that capture markets, pilgrimage routes and local institutions; the result is both an archival trove for academic research and a readable compendium for the curious. Librarians, local historians and students will find its systematic arrangement indispensable for tracing place-names, officials and shifting boundaries through nineteenth century India. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For historians and scholars engaged in imperial administration in India, Victorian era India studies and broader British empire studies the Gazetteer remains a primary reference: it supplies demographic glimpses, bureaucratic context and place-specific detail vital to archival work and academic research in India. At the same time it appeals to casual readers and classic-literature collectors as a cultural artefact - a book to browse for the textures of a vanished world, for unexpected cross-references and for the strange poetry of place-names. Whether employed as a working tool for historians and scholars or as a prized shelf piece for collectors, Volume XXI reconnects modern inquiry with the voices and frameworks of its era and today's readers.

Author: William Wilson Hunter
ISBN-10: 9354217826
ISBN-13: 9789354217821
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2020
Pages: 438
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d