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Lights & Shades Of Hill Life In The Afghan And Hindu Highlands Of The Punjab: A Contrast, Frederick St. John Gore

Books in English

The author describes social life, ethnic and religious practice of the native people of India and its surroundings areas. The relationship between the British and Indians also discussed.

Maps and illustrations are from photographs by the author

Can Russia Invade India?, H. B. Hanna

Books in English

Colonel H. B Hanna served on the army staff, in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-1880. He encountered difficulties on moving and feeding a few thousand men in the desert of Beluchistan and the Afghan mountains. He believed that an invasion of the British Indian Empire by Russia through Afghanistan was not possible and he addressed it in his book.

At The Court Of The Amir: A Narrative (1895), John Alfred Gray

Books in English

On the road to Kabul -- Arrival at Kabul -- The reception -- Afghan hospitals -- Afghan dwellings -- The Kabul bazaars -- Ethics -- Afghan surgeons and physicians -- The march to Turkestan -- The Amîr -- Life in Turkestan -- The inhabitants of Afghanistan -- The birth of Prince Mahomed Omer -- The rearing of the infant Prince -- The Amîr's conversation -- The first sitting -- The Amîr as an art critic -- The levee on New Year's day -- The young Princes -- The return journey to Kabul -- The arrival in Kabul -- Life in …