Author: Franciso Pelsaert
Translator: W H Moreland / P Geyl
Publisher: LP Publications
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 88
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175362472
Description
This translation has been made from photographs of the contemporary MS in the Rijksarchief at The Hague, and includes a detailed account of the social and administrative environment, the standard of life, and the social and religious customs of the people.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Notes on Pelsaert’s Transliteration
The Remonstrantie
1. The City of India
2. The Trade of Agra and the East Country
3. Indigo
4. Description of Gujarat Trade
5. The Dutch Trade in Northern India
6. Account of the Provinces North and West of Agra
7. Kashmir
8. Burhanpur and Gujarat
9. The Trade in Drugs
10.The Productivity and Yield of the Land
11.The Administration of the Country
12.The Manner of Life
13.Religious Superstitions
14.The Hindu Religion
15.Moslem Marriages in Agra
Conclusion
Index