Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan
With Sketches of Anglo-Indian Society

A fascinating contemporary account of Indian society in the 1830s, at the height of the East India Company's power.

Emma Roberts (Author)

9781108019217, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

340 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg

Emma Roberts' 1835 work, compiled from articles she published in the Asiatic Journal, was well received in India and England. Roberts lived in India from 1828 with her sister and her brother-in-law who served in the 61st Bengal infantry. In 1830 she moved to Calcutta, where she edited and wrote for the Oriental Observer and contributed to periodicals and annuals. Returning to London in 1832, she threw herself into the literary world, publishing in several different fields. This book reveals Roberts' sympathetic attitude to the Indian people and her genuine interest in providing a thorough and honest report of their culture. Volume 3 covers topics including the position of women, shopping, gardening, manners, education, missionaries, politics, Anglo-Indian relations and the military establishment, as well as expanding on subjects discussed in the earlier volumes. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=robeem

1. Difficulty of shopping in India
2. Rose gardens
3. Outward splendour of Government House
4. Drawings by Sir Charles D'Oyley
5. State of India during the early periods of British occupation
6. Shahjehanabad
7. Town of Hurdwar
8. Situation of Gour
9. Disposition of the troops in and near Calcutta
10. Appearance of the native army.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]