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. Volume 1 covers the early part of Buchanan's journey,
from the British stronghold at Madras through Bangalore to Sira, an
important strategic location for several earlier rulers. Buchanan
focuses particularly on the agriculture of the region, noting the
different varieties of rice under cultivation.
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