Sindh and the Races That Inhabit the Valley of the Indus
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- ISBN 9789390729487
- Weight: 850g
- Dimensions: 150 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 20 Nov 2024
- Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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The present work is the culmination of Richard Burton’s five years stay in Sindh, where he had the opportunity to learn the manners and customs, the domestic details, and the religious opinions and language of the people among, and with whom, he lived. He found the previous descriptions of Sindh and its inhabitants of little use; they were either too popular in nature, or written with a view of imparting a superficial knowledge of the language. Richard Burton has given long descriptions of the studies, religion and ceremonies peculiar to the race inhabiting Sindh, the first specimens of language, and notices of the literature ever printed, and also the first detailed account of native habits and customs, manners and ceremonies. This work would be useful to not only linguists, ethnographers, and historians but also general readers who are?fond?of?travelling?in?the?past.
Richard Francis Burton KCMG, FRGS (19 March 1821-20 October 1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African?languages.
