Travels In Kashmir Ladakh Iskardo Set Of 2 Vols

Excerpt from Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, Vol. 2 of 2: The Countries Adjoining the Mountain-Course of the Indus, and the Himalaya, North of the Panjab, With Map Engraved by Direction of the Hon. East India Company, and Other Illustrations The excavation, is a dark and dismal-looking place, well suited to the purposes and trickery of priestcraft, which I have little doubt from its appear ance were in full play within and near it. Perhaps this is the unfathomable cave which Abu Fuzl says is on one side of the springs of Bawun. On the ground, are the ruins of two Hindu temples, of the same shape as the interior building of Martand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, Vol. 1 of 2: The Countries Adjoining the Mountain-Course of the Indus, and the Himalaya, North of the Panjab Dost Mohamed Khan became master of Kabul in 1824, although he had at first, I believe, but a feeble hold upon it.* For his pedigree, and an outline of the events preced ing his acquisition, I must refer my readers to my previous volume on Afghanistan. I do not insert them here, as they are of no immediate import. From the time of his first becoming the ruler of Kabul, he has been constantly seeking for the friendship of the British government. Mr. Moorcroft, who was in the country at the time, mentions that he and his party were most earnestly entreated to become the channel of a negotiation for putting the whole country under British rule. Mr. M. Was at Peshawur when the application was made by Dost Mohamed's brothers, on behalf of their family; but his overtures have been, at least I think so, treated most unadvisedly, and himself, speaking with reference to past events, with injustice, when he was dispossessed of his throne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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