| Publication |
India, Penguin Books India, 2009.
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| Description |
xx,191pYellow Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
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.
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| Contents |
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
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| Standard Number |
9780143330363 Pb.
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