Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 2 of 3) Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833

At midday, on the 16th of August, we commenced our march on the Oxus, which was about twenty-seven miles distant. After journeying for ten miles, we halted in the evening at a s...

Samarcand and Bokhara have afforded a theme for glowing description to the historians, and poets of all ages. The country in which they lie forms a portion of Toorkistan, or the...

There are few countries on the globe defined by limits both natural and political like the Punjab. Northward, it is terminated by the Hemilaya Mountains; westward, by the Indus...

“It has been observed in every age, that, when any branch of commerce has got into a certain channel, although it may be neither the most proper or the most commodious one, it r...

Limits and Extent.--Natural and political Divisions.--Physical Geography: Face of the Country.--Climate and Phenomena.-- Rivers.--Mountains.--Mineral Productions.--Vegetable.--N...

Limits of Runjeet Sing’s Power.--Its Rise.--State of the Government.--Its Decline.--Influence of the Chiefs.--The People.--Military Strength of the Country.--Revenues and Resour...

Journey to the Oxus.--Sand Hills.--Freezing of the Oxus.--Meanness of native Traders.--The Oxus.--Oxus of Alexander’s Historians.--Charjooee: its Bazar.--The Desert.--Slaves.--T...

Favourable Position of the Punjab for Trade.--Extent and Variety of its Productions--Shawls of Cashmere.--Extent of the Manufacture.--Silks.--Cottons.--Minerals.--Vegetables.--...