Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824–1825

Bishop Heber of Calcutta's fascinating and detailed account of his travels around India was first published in 1828.

Reginald Heber (Author), Amelia Shipley Heber (Edited by)

9781108028912, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 June 2011

554 pages, 17 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.7 kg

Reginald Heber (1783–1826) was appointed as the second Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, having previously been connected with both the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. At the time, the diocese of Calcutta covered all of India, and also southern Africa and Australia, and his short episcopate involved much travelling around his scattered flock. Heber's account of his travels in India and Sri Lanka was published by his widow Amelia in 1828, and expanded to three volumes in this third edition of 1828–1829, which provides a valuable description of the culture of India in the 1820s. Heber wrote positively about the moral character of Hindus, and identified faults as well as strengths in British rule in India. Volume 1 describes his voyage to India, his first impressions of Calcutta, and his journey from there to Allahabad.

Preface
Voyage to India
1. Sangor
2. Calcutta
3. Calcutta
4. Calcutta
5. Calcutta to Sibnibashi
6. Sibnibashi to Dacca
7. Dacca
8. Dacca to Furreedpoor
9. Furreedpoor to Boglipoor
10. Boglipoor to Monghyr
11. Monghyr to Buxar
12. Buxar to Benares
13. Benares to Allahabad.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]