Travels in Kashmir and the Panjab: Containing a Particular Account of the Government and Character of the Sikhs

Karl Alexander von Hügel; T. B. Jervis

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139198622

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Containing a Particular Account of the Government and Character of the Sikhs

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Karl Alexander von Hügel
Edited and translated by T. B. Jervis

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2013
Print publication year:: 2012
First published in:: 1845
Online ISBN:: 9781139198622
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139198622

Subjects:: Area Studies, South Asian History, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

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Written by Austrian baron Karl Alexander Anselm von Hügel (1795–1870), this travelogue was one of the first western books published on the Kashmir region. Von Hügel, who worked as a soldier, diplomat, botanist, explorer and ethnologist at various stages in his life, embarked on a trip to India in the 1830s as part of an extensive world tour. His account of his time in Kashmir and the Punjab was first published in German as a four-volume edition from 1840. He aimed to 'lift the veil' on Kashmir in an attempt to resolve the contentious reputation among Europeans of this unfamiliar region, and the book serves as a thorough guide to its history, geography, climate, culture and politics. This English translation and abridgement was prepared by Thomas Best Jervis (1796–1857) and published in 1845. Also included in this reissue is a biography that the author's son, Anatole von Hügel, privately published in 1903.

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Containing a Particular Account of the Government and Character of the Sikhs

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

The Editor's Preface
pp iii-vii

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
pp viii-viii

Contents
pp ix-xii

ILLUSTRATIONS
pp xii-xii

Baron Charles Hügel's Preface
pp xiii-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-12

Preparations for the journey
pp 13-27

The Panjab
pp 27-74

Confines of India and Tibet
pp 75-168

The Gurú or Sikh priest
pp 169-215

Approach to Atok
pp 215-259

Approach to the Sikh capital
pp 259-285

Entrance to Lahor
pp 285-357

Early history of Ranjít Singh's ancestors
pp 357-389

Journey homeward
pp 389-402

Brief Political and Geographical remarks on the kingdom founded by Ranjít Singh, and on the Panjáb
pp 403-423

Colophon
pp 424-424

CHARLES VON HÜGEL. APRIL 25, 1795 — JUNE 2, 1870
pp 425-428

Dedication
pp 429-430

PREFACE
pp 431-434

TABLE OF CONTENTS
pp 435-436

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
pp 437-438

EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF CHARLES VON HÜGEL
pp 439-442

DISTINCTIONS CONFERRED ON CHARLES VON HÜGEL
pp 443-444

MEMOIRS AND ADDRESSES
pp 445-447

INSCRIPTION ON THE ‘HÜGELDENKMAL’
pp 448-448

MEMORIAL ADDRESS delivered at the unveiling of the Hügeldenkmal, at Hietzing, near Vienna, October 3, 1901, by Hofrath Dr Julius Wiesner, Professor of Botany at the University of Vienna. (Translated from the German)
pp 449-476

MEMOIRS AND ADDRESSES. II. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
pp 477-478

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Alfred Baron von Reumont, late Prussian Minister at the Grand ducal Court of Tuscany. (Translated from the German)
pp 479-502

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