<p>In this book, published to celebrate Calcutta's 300th year, J. P. Losty gives an account of its growth from a tradition station of mud huts into a city whose beauty excited the admiration of all visitors. \nDespite its importance as an imperial capital - for many decades the British Empire's Second City - there have been few studies of Calcutta's topographical history, and this is the first book to make full use of the considerable body of visual material that survives.  Many of the prints are reproduced here for the first time since their original publication, and most of the drawings have never before been published.\nThe author has drawn upon a wide range of contemporary accounts of the city and its inhabitants to provide a counterpoint to this visual evidence, giving often charming insights into the way the British conducted themselves in such strange surroundings.</p>

Calcutta City of Palaces

J P LOSTY

British Library

The illustrated ramayana commissioned by rana jagat singh of rajasthan between 1649 and 1653 is among the greatest of seventeenth-century indian manuscripts nearly one hundred and thirty of the paintings are presented in book form for the first time

The Ramayana Love And Valour In India's Great Epic

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