Travels in India (Ball)

Translation of Travels in India (Tavernier) (Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier)

Language: English
Date: 1889 CE
Translator: Valentine Ball
Extent: 925 passages, 206,363 words
Text: complete digital text
Source: archive.org · Travels in India by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, translated from the original French edition of 1676 by V. Ball,… · Public domain (published before 1930)

1 BOOK I
2 TRAVELS IN INDIA
3 CHAPTER I
4 Route from Ispahan to Agra by (way of) Gombroon, where particular mention is made of the navigation from Hormuz to Surat.
5 BOOK I
6 CHAPTER II Concerning the Customs, the Money, the Exchange, the Weights, and the Measures of India. — 5 parts
7 CHAPTER III
8 Concerning carriages and the manner of travelling in India — 10 parts
9 CHAPTER IV
10 Route from Surat to Agra by BurhAnpur and Sironj — 8 parts
11 BOOK I — 11 parts
12 CHAPTER V
13 Route from Surat to Agra by AhmadAbad — 6 parts
14 BOOK I — 3 parts
15 BOOK I
16 CHAPTER VI
17 Route from Ispahan to Agra by Kandahar. — 2 parts
18 CHAPTER VII
19 Sequence of the same Route, from Delhi up to Agra — 12 parts
20 CHAPTER VIII
21 Route from Agra to Patna and Dacca, towns of the Province of Bengal ; and the quarrel which the author had with Sháistá Khán, uncle of the King. — 5 parts
22 CHAPTER IX
23 Route from Surat to Golconda — 7 parts
24 CHAPTER X · Of the kingdom of Golconda and the wars which it has carried on during the last few years. — 3 parts
25 CHAPTER XI
26 Route from Golconda to Masulipatam — 3 parts
27 CHAPTER XII
28 Route from Surat to Goa, and from Goa to Golconda by Bijapur — 5 parts
29 CHAP. XII — 5 parts
30 CHAPTER XIII
31 Remarks upon the present condition of the town of Goa — 3 parts
32 CHAPTER XIV Concerning what the Author did during his sojourn at Goa on his last journey in 1648. — 3 parts
33 CHAPTER XV
34 History of Father Ephraim, Capuchin, and how he was cast into the Inquisition at Goa — 2 parts
35 CHAPTER XVI — 4 parts
36 CHAPTER XVII
37 Route by Sea from Hormuz to Masulipatam — 5 parts
38 CHAPTER XVIII
39 — 5 parts
40 CHAPTER XIX
41 Route from Gandikot to Golconda — 3 parts
42 CHAPTER XX
43 Return from Surat to Hormuz, and how the author found himself engaged in a very rough and dangerous naval combat, from which he escaped without accident. — 10 parts
44 BOOK II
45 Historical and Political description of the Empire of the Great Mogul.
46 CHAPTER I Account of the last wars in Hindustan, in which the present condition of the Empire and of the Court of the Moguls are set forth.
47 BOOK II
48 CHAPTER II Concerning the sickness and supposed death of Shah Jahan, King of India, and the rebellion of the Princes, his sons.
49 BOOK II — 10 parts
50 CHAPTER III — 12 parts
51 BOOK II
52 CHAPTER IV Concerning the flight of DArA ShAh to the Kingdoms of Sind and GujarAt ; of his second battle with Aurangzeb ; of his capture and death. — 10 parts
53 CHAPTER V · How Aurangzeb seated himself upon the throne and had himself declared King ; and concerning the flight of Sultan ShujA. — 5 parts
54 CHAPTER VI — 13 parts
55 CHAPTER VII · Concerning the beginning of Aurangzeb’s reign, and the death of Shah Jahan, his father. — 8 parts
56 CHAPTER VIII — 10 parts
57 CHAPTER IX · Concerning other details of the Great Mogul’s Court. — 6 parts
58 CHAPTER X.
59 The Great Mogul orders all his jewels to be shown to the Author. — 6 parts
60 CHAPTER XII
61
62 Translation of the first letter which Shaista Khan wrote to the Author in reply to the above.
63 Translation of the passport which Shaista Khan sent to the Author.
64 Translation of the second letter written by Shāista Khān to the Author.
65 BOOK II
66 Reply of the Author to this third letter. — 4 parts
67 BOOK II
68 Concerning Silks.
69 Concerning Cotton Cloths, and first of the painted fabrics called Chites
70 White Cotton Cloths.
71 BOOK II
72 Concerning Spun Cotton.
73 Concerning Indigo. — 4 parts
74 Concerning Saltpetre.
75 Concerning Spices. — 8 parts
76 Concerning the drugs obtainable at Surat, and those imported from foreign countries, with the price of each, per maund.
77 BOOK II
78 BOOK II
79 CHAPTER XIII
80 Concerning the frauds which can be practised in manufactures, whether by the roguery of the workers or the knavery of the brokers and buyers.
81 Frauds in Silken Stuffs.
82 Frauds in Cotton Cloths, and, firstly, in White Cloths. — 3 parts
83 Frauds practised in Cottons.
84 Frauds practised in Indigo.
85 CHAPTER XIV — 3 parts
86 CHAPTER XV
87 Concerning diamonds, and the mines and rivers where they are found; and especially of the Author's Journey to the Mine of Ramulkota. — 3 parts
88 CHAPTER XVI
89 Journey of the Author to the other Mines, and concerning the method of searching for Diamonds. — 8 parts
90 CHAPTER XVII
91 A continuation of the Author’s Journeys to the Diamond Mines
92 BOOK II — 6 parts
93 CHAPTER XVIII — 6 parts
94 BOOK II
95 Rule for ascertaining the proper price of a Diamond of whatsoever weight it may be, from 3 up to and above 100 carats. — 3 parts
96 CHAPTER XIX · Concerning Coloured Stones and the places where they are obtained. — 7 parts
97 CHAPTER XX
98 Concerning Pearls and the places where they are fished for. — 8 parts
99 CHAPTER XXI
100 Concerning the manner in which Pearls originate in Oysters, how they are fished for and at what Seasons. — 8 parts
101 CHAPTER XXII
102
103 — 5 parts
104 CHAPTER XXIII
105 Concerning Coral and Yellow Amber and the places where they are found. — 12 parts
106 CHAPTER XXIV Concerning Musk and Bezoar and some other medicinal stones. — 12 parts
107 CHAPTER XXV · Concerning the places from whence gold is obtained in Asia and Africa. — 7 parts
108 CHAPTER XXVI
109 Account of a notable act of perfidy done to the author when he was about to embark at Gombroon for Surat.
110 BOOK II — 2 parts
111 BOOK III
112 CHAPTER 1
113 Concerning the religion of the Muhammadans in the East Indies.
114 CHAPTER II
115 Concerning Fakirs or Muhammadan beggars in the East Indies.
116 CHAPTER III
117 Of the Religion of the Gentiles or Idolaters of India. — 7 parts
118 CHAPTER IV
119 Concerning the idolatrous Kings and Princes of Asia.
120 CHAPTER V Concerning the belief of the Idolaters with respect to the Deity — 6 parts
121 CHAPTER VI Concerning Fakirs, or the professional Mendicants of India, and their penances. — 6 parts
122 CHAPTER VII Concerning the belief of the Idolaters touching the condition of the soul of man after death. — 4 parts
123 CHAPTER VIII · Concerning the idolaters custom of burning the bodies of the deceased.
124 CHAPTER IX · How the women burn themselves with the bodies of their deceased husbands in India. — 10 parts
125 BOOK III
126 CHAPTER X
127 Remarkable histories of several women who have been burnt after the death of their husbands. — 8 parts
128 CHAPTER XI
129 Concerning the most celebrated Pagodas of the Idolaters of India — 3 parts
130 CHAPTER XII · Continuation of the description of the principal Pagodas of the Idolaters of India — 4 parts
131 CHAPTER XIII
132 Concerning the pilgrimages of the Idolaters to their pagodas
133 CHAPTER XIV
134 Concerning various customs of the Idolaters of India — 4 parts
135 BOOK III — 8 parts
136 CHAPTER XV Concerning the Kingdom of Bhután, from whence comes musk, good rhubarb, and some furs — 2 parts
137 CHAPTER XVI
138 Concerning the Kingdom of Tipperah — 3 parts
139 CHAPTER XVII
140 Concerning the Kingdom of Assam
141 BOOK III — 6 parts
142 CHAPTER XVIII
143 Concerning the Kingdom of Siam
144 BOOK III
145 BOOK III — 8 parts
146 CHAPTER XIX · Concerning the Kingdom of Macassar and the Dutch Embassy to China — 6 parts
147 BOOK III — 8 parts
148 CHAPTER XX
149 The Author pursues his journey in the East and embarks at Vengurla for Batavia; the danger which he runs on the sea, and his arrival in the Island of Ceylon — 2 parts
150 CHAPTER XXI — 5 parts
151 CHAPTER XXII — 3 parts
152 CHAPTER XXIII · The Author goes to see the King of Bantam and describes several adventures in connection therewith — 2 parts
153 CHAPTER XXIV
154 — 12 parts
155 CHAPTER XXV · Concerning the Dutch war with the Emperor of Java. — 9 parts
156 CHAPTER XXVI · The Author renders the last duties to his brother, who died at Batavia, and has fresh difficulties with the General and his Council — 2 parts
157 CHAPTER XXVII · The Author embarks on a Dutch Vessel in order to return to Europe — 2 parts
158 CHAPTER XXVIII The Dutch fleet arrives at St. Helena, and the Author gives a description of that Island — 7 parts
159 BOOK III — 6 parts
160 CHAPTER XXIX · The Dutch fleet leaves the Island of St. Helena, and the Author arrives safely with it in Holland — 3 parts
161 THE KING’S LICENCE

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