A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar

A three-volume survey, published in 1807, describing a large area of southern India shortly after it came under British control.

Francis Buchanan (Author)

9781108116305, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 2 June 2011

1688 pages, 42 b/w illus. 1 map
29.8 x 21 x 8.7 cm, 4.16 kg

In 1800 Lord Wellesley, the British Governor General of India, appointed the surgeon and botanist Francis Buchanan (1762–1829) to conduct a survey of the kingdom of Mysore in the south of the country, which had recently been annexed by the East India Company. In the resulting three-volume report, first published in 1807, Buchanan (later known as Francis Hamilton) records the physical and human geography of this large area of southern India. He describes the agriculture, arts and commerce, indigenous religions and customs, natural history and society and antiquities of the regions through which he travelled, and illustrates his text with a map and engravings. Buchanan's journey began and ended at the British stronghold of Madras, and criss-crossed the whole of Mysore including a visit to the strategically important city of Sira and a long trip from south to north through the western coastal regions of Malabar and Canara.

Volume 1: Introduction
1. From Madras to Conjeveram, Arcot, Vellore, Paligonda, Satgudam, Pedda Naikena Durga, Vencataghery, Baydamungulum, Waluru, Catcolli, Tayculum, Bangalore, and Seringapatam
2. Seringapatam, and its vicinity
3. From Seringapatam to Bangalore
4. Bangalore
5. From Bangalore to Doda Bala-pura
6. From Doda Bala-pura to Sira. Volume 2: 7. From Sira to Seringapatam
8. Journey through the part of Karnata south from the Cavery
9. From the Kaveri-pura Ghat to Coimbetore
10. From Coimbetore to the frontier of Malabar
11. Journey through the south of Malabar
12. Route from Valiencodu to Coduwully, through Panyani and the central parts of Malabar
13. Journey through the northern part of Malabar. Volume 3: 14. Journey through the southern parts of Canara
15. Journey from Mangalore to Beiduru
16. Journey through the northern parts of Canara
17. Journey from the entrance into Karnata to Hyder-nagara, through the principalities of Soonda and Ikeri
18. Journey from Hyder-nagara to Heriuru, through the principalities of Ikeri and Chatrakal
19. Journey from Hetiuru to Seringapatam, through the western and middle parts of the Mysore Dominions
20. Journey from Seringapatam to Madras
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]