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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) was the son of a prominent East India
Company servant, and like his father, Prinsep also spent much of
his life in the East. He left Britain for Calcutta in 1809, at the
age of seventeen, and stayed in India, working in a variety of
roles, until his retirement in 1843. His brother James also lived
in India and was a prominent scholar. Upon the latter's death in
1840, Prinsep found himself in possession of his brother's coin
collection and a notebook, which became the basis of this work,
published in 1844. Prinsep explains that the coins - which have
inscriptions in both Greek and unknown languages - are valuable
evidence of Alexander the Great's famous expedition to the east in
the fourth century BCE. Prinsep also includes extensive
illustrations of the coins, offering a fascinating view of an
important archaeological discovery.
Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) began his career in India with the
East India Company in 1807 and worked in various posts, finally
being appointed Persian secretary before retiring in 1843.
Throughout his career, and into his retirement, he wrote a number
of books about India. The present work, however, published in 1834,
is a report taken from information gathered by the late political
agent at Umbala, Captain William Murray, whose death made it
necessary for other officials to ready the work for publication.
The report looks at the history of the Sikh people and the rise of
Runjeet (Ranjit) Singh (1780-1839). After Singh died, his empire
began to weaken, and by 1845 the British were at war with the
Sikhs. This work provides a view of the Punjab during a critical
point in its history.
Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) was the son of a prominent East India
Company servant, and like his father, he spent much of his life in
the East. He left Britain for Calcutta in 1809, at the age of
seventeen, and stayed in India, working in a variety of roles,
until his retirement in 1843. He wrote a number of books about
India: in this work, published in 1851, he turns to the north of
the subcontinent. Prinsep draws from travel narratives of the few
explorers who had been to this territory - which corresponds to
today's western China and Mongolia - to illustrate the lives of the
people there. Using sources ranging from the thirteenth-century
account by Marco Polo to eighteenth-century reports by French
missionaries, Prinsep brings information on what was then a
little-known world to a wider audience.
This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the
World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important
historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come
from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject
produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a
discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the
subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the
Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the
book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous
generations.
Title: Note on the historical results deducible from recent
discoveries in Afghanistan.Publisher: British Library, Historical
Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the
United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes
material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture,
environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry,
mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Prinsep, Henry Thoby; 1844. 8 . 1434.d.13.
Title: Tibet, Tartary, and Mongolia, their social and political
condition, and the religion of Boodh as there existing,
etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Prinsep, Henry Thoby;
1852. 8 . ORW.1986.a.3760
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