# The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative

Author: Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir, 1843-1929

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42970

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## Summary

Since the gates of India have become water gates and the way to India has been the way of the sea, very little has been known of those other landward gates which lie to the north and west of the peninsula, through which have poured immigrants from Asia and conquerors from the West from time immemorial. It has taken England a long time to rediscover them, and she is even now doubtful about their strategic value and the possibility of keeping them closed and barred. It is only by an examination of the historical records which concern them, and the geographical conditions which surround them, that any clear appreciation of their value can be attained; and it is only within the last century t...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gates-of-india-being-an-historical-narrative-42970/chapters/2/index.md)