Narrative of various journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, & Kalat, during a residence in those countries to which is added : (Record no. 41568)

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Classification number DS377.
Item number M373 1844
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Personal name Masson, Charles,
Dates associated with a name 1800-1853.
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Title Narrative of various journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, & Kalat, during a residence in those countries to which is added :
Remainder of title an account of the insurrection at Kalat, and a memoir on eastern Balochistan /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Charles Masson.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc London : Richard Bentley, 1844.
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Extent 4 v., various pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
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General note “Charles Masson (alias of James Lewis) was a traveler and explorer who was the first European to appreciate the archeological heritage of Afghanistan. Not much is known about his early life. He was born in London in 1800 and by all accounts received a good education that included Latin, Greek, and French. After a quarrel with his father, in 1821 he enlisted as an infantryman in the army of the East India Company. He sailed for Bengal in early 1822. In July 1827, he deserted his regiment, changed his name, and traveled westward to escape British jurisdiction. After wandering through Rajasthan and the independent Sikh territory, he crossed into Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass. Over the course of the next decade he traveled extensively throughout Afghanistan. He also spent time in Persia (present-day Iran) and Sind (present-day Pakistan). He began his archeological explorations in 1832 with a survey of the Buddhist caves at Bamyan. In 1833 he discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Alexandria ad Caucasum, founded by Alexander the Great. He collected more than 80,000 silver, gold, and bronze coins and made a particular contribution to science by recognizing the importance of bilingual bronze coins, whose Greek inscriptions could be used to decode unknown scripts that appeared on the reverse side. Masson’s real identity was discovered by the British authorities, but he received a pardon in recognition of his archeological work and the valuable intelligence about Afghanistan he provided. He left Afghanistan in October 1838. Living in Karachi, he wrote an account of his archeological investigations and completed his three-volume Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab, which was published in London in 1842. With the first Anglo-Afghan War (1839‒42) underway, in early 1840 he attempted to return to Kabul, but was caught up in the siege and insurrection in the Khanate of Kalat (in present-day Pakistan) and for a time was imprisoned as a spy. Following his release in January 1841, Masson wrote Narrative of a Journey to Kalât, which was published in London in 1843. In 1844 his publisher reissued Narrative of Various Journeys, with Narrative of a Journey to Kalât added as a fourth volume to the original edition. Volume four opens with a large fold-out map showing Masson’s journeys. Presented here is the complete 1844 edition”—copied from website.
General note Contents: Volume I—Volume II—Volume III—Volume IV.
General note The Library of Congress donated copies of the digitized material (along with extensive bibliographic records) containing more than 163,000 pages of documents to ACKU, the collections that include thousands of historical, cultural, and scholarly materials dating from the early 1300s to the 1990s includes books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, newspapers and periodicals related to Afghanistan in Pushto, Dari, as well as in English, French, German, Russian and other European languages ACKU has a PDF copy of the item.
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Linkage Includes bibliographical references.
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Language note English
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Geographic name Balochistan (Pakistan) – Description and travel.
Geographic name Afghanistan – Description and travel.
Geographic name Punjab – Description and travel.
Geographic name Asia, Central – Description and travel.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 22/01/2018   DS377.M373 1844 3ACKU000505254 22/01/2018 4 22/01/2018 Monograph The digital file donated from Library of Congress-World Digital Library, PDF is available in ACKU.
    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 22/01/2018     3ACKU000505262 22/01/2018   22/01/2018 Monograph  
    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 22/01/2018     3ACKU000505270 22/01/2018   22/01/2018 Monograph  
    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 22/01/2018     3ACKU000505288 22/01/2018   22/01/2018 Monograph