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)

9781108028929, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 June 2011

592 pages, 7 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.74 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 2 describes his travels from Cawnpore through Delhi, Agra and Jaipur to Baroda in north-west India, and includes much detail about Indian customs.

14. Allahabad to Cawnpoor
15. Cawnpoor to Lucknow
16. Lucknow to Bareilly
17. Bareilly to Almorah
18. Almorah to Meerut
19. Meerut to Delhi
20. Delhi to Agra
21. Agra to Jyepoor
22. Jyepoor to Ajmere
23. Ajmere to Neemuch
24. Neemuch to Baroda.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]