The Ganga Trail: Foreign Accounts and Sketches of the River SceneStarting with the Greek Megasthenes who noticed the Indiansworshipping the Ganga in 302 B.C. and ending with the NewZealander Sir Edmund Hillary who led a jet boat expedition up theriver in 1977, travellers of different nationalities and religions haveleft absorbing accounts of life along the Ganga through the ages.By the end of the 18th century, a number of accomplished Britishlandscape artists also appeared on the scene and made charmingsketches while sailing up and down the Ganga. Many of thesedrawings were subsequently worked up either into beautiful oilpaintings and watercolours or into coloured aquatints, lithographsand engravings to illustrate their engrossing descriptions of theriver scene.Most of this material is being published here for the first time,encompassing the essence of the enchantment and excitement of thetravellers of their passage along the Ganga through the centuries. |
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Preface to the Second Edition | 7 |
Preface to the First Edition | 8 |
Oriental Sapphire | 11 |
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