| ID | 010818 |
| Call Number | FIC/KUM |
| Title Proper | In the country of gold-digging ants |
| Other Title Information | 2000 years of travel in India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kumar, Anu ; Gupta, Priyankar (ill.) |
| Publication | India, Penguin Books India, 2009. |
| Description | xx,191p Yellow Spine |
| Note | Read astonishing stories about India written by explorers who came to the country as pilgrims, students, traders, voyagers and fortune-seekers from the 3rd century BC till the mid-twentieth century. |
| Note | A bewilered Greek in Pataliputra: Megathenes
The devout pilgrim: Fa-hsien
The monk and the king of Kannauj: Hiuen Tsang
The man of science and invader: Alberuni
The Venetian in India: Marco Polo
A Moroccan in the sultan's service: Ibn Batutah
The homesick Russian: Athanasius Nikitin
The englishman who met Akbar: Ralph Fitch
The German in Bombay: Carsten Niebuhr
A changing India: Halide Edib
In search of seclusion: Alexandra David-Neel
Bibliography |
| Standard Number | 9780143330363 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.225(Pb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | Explorers - Fiction ; India - Fiction ; Travel - Fiction ; Historical fiction |