Description and travel: books

A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar Francis Hamilton 1807 · 25 editions · 590 pp. East India Company

Āʾīn-i Akbarī Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, H. Blochmann 1777 · 28 editions · 741 pp. Mughal Empire

Podróże z Herodotem Ryszard Kapuściński 2004 · 25 editions · 279 pp.

Travels in India, with an introd. [and] a short memoir of the author &c baron d'Aubonne Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Valentine Ball 1676 · 24 editions · 500 pp. Mughal Empire

Recollections of Calcutta for over half a century Montague Massey 1918 · 19 editions · 124 pp.

Hindoo holiday J. R. Ackerley 1932 · 15 editions · 276 pp.

Behind the beautiful forevers Katherine Boo 2011 · 13 editions · 256 pp. Modern South Asia

Kashmir in sunlight & shade Cecil Tyndale Biscoe 1922 · 17 editions · 315 pp.

De reys van Kapiteyn Johan Saris John Saris 1706 · 16 editions · 242 pp. East India Company

Selected works. Arrian 1929 · 16 editions · 608 pp.

An area of darkness V. S. Naipaul 1964 · 14 editions · 281 pp. Modern South Asia

When kings rode to Delhi Gabrielle Festing 1912 · 10 editions · 435 pp. Mughal Empire

City of Djinns William Dalrymple 1993 · 9 editions · 351 pp.

The great hedge of India Roy Moxham 2001 · 7 editions · 234 pp. British Raj

Snakes and ladders Gita Mehta 1997 · 12 editions · 269 pp. Modern South Asia

Indische Reisebriefe Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1883 · 10 editions · 355 pp.

Indian embers Lawrence Lady 1949 · 3 editions · 397 pp. British Raj

Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Karl Alexander Freiherr von Hügel 1840 · 5 editions · 423 pp.

Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque Fanny Parkes Parlby 1850 · 9 editions · 480 pp.

The limits of Orientalism Rahul Sapra 2011 · 7 editions · 224 pp.

Golden interlude Janet Dunbar 1955 · 7 editions · 239 pp.

Travel and ethnology in the Renaissance Joan-Pau Rubiés 2000 · 7 editions · 468 pp.

Moebius Trip Giti Thadani 2003 · 7 editions · 173 pp.

Nine Lives of Pakistan Declan Walsh 2020 · 6 editions · 352 pp.

Letters from Madras during the years 1836-1839 Julia Charlotte Maitland 1843 · 8 editions · 207 pp.

Atlas Japannensis Arnoldus Montanus 1670 · 7 editions · 488 pp. East India Company

The tiger ladies Sudha Koul 2002 · 5 editions · 224 pp.

Maximum City Suketu Mehta 2004 · 6 editions · 542 pp.

Travels on my elephant Mark Shand 1991 · 7 editions · 204 pp. Modern South Asia

The magic mountains Dane Kennedy 1996 · 4 editions · 264 pp. British Raj

The golden oriole Raleigh Trevelyan 1987 · 4 editions · 536 pp. British Raj

For All the Tea in China Sarah Rose 2008 · 5 editions · 288 pp. East India Company

On the Indian frontier George Nathaniel Curzon Marquis of Curzon 2012 · 1 edition · 283 pp. British Raj

L' Inde (sans les Anglais) Pierre Loti 1903 · 5 editions · 458 pp. Modern South Asia

The storyteller's daughter Saira Shah 2003 · 7 editions · 263 pp.

To Afghanistan and Back Ted Rall 2002 · 6 editions · 112 pp. Modern South Asia

Sikhim & Bhutan John Claude White 1909 · 7 editions · 331 pp.

Peter Floris, His Voyage to the East Indies in the Globe, 1611-1615 W. H. Moreland 2010 · 6 editions · 234 pp. East India Company

Behind Russian Lines Sandy Gall 1983 · 6 editions · 224 pp. Modern South Asia

India Dietmar Rothermund 1983 · 6 editions · 336 pp. Modern South Asia

Miss Fane in India Isabella Fane 1985 · 3 editions · 246 pp. British Raj

Old Lahore Henry Raynor Goulding 1924 · 5 editions · 94 pp.

India Unveiled Robert A. Arnett 1996 · 5 editions · 215 pp.

No full stops in India Mark Tully 1991 · 4 editions · 336 pp. Modern South Asia

With pen and pencil on the frontier in 1851 Frank Blackwell Mayer 1932 · 5 editions · 214 pp.

Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt. , to the East Indies Sir Clements R. Markham 2010 · 4 editions · 352 pp. East India Company