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Lot No. 36: TOD, JAMES.

ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN OR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN RAJPOOT STATES OF INDIA.

  • Medium: Printed Books
  • Year: 1829
  • Size: 12.7 x 9.7 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹ 13,20,000

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Estimate

 8,00,000 -  12,00,000


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9600-14400

Ends at Oct 17, 2024 07:43 PM IST

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TOD, JAMES.

ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN OR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN RAJPOOT STATES OF INDIA.

Year: 1829-32

Size: 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.7 inches).

Published by: Smith Elder and Co. 1829-32.
First edition, Large 4to. Two volumes, xxx, (1), 806, errata; xxxii, (1), 791 pp.;

with 53 engraved plates, charts and 1 large folded map with outlines in colors of Rajasthan or Rajwara.

Fine full-page, or gate-folded engravings, and lithographs, with occasional engraved illustrations in text. Half leather, over hand marbled boards.

Lieutenant-Colonel James Todd (1782-1835), a British Colonel and Indian Diplomat, historian of Rajasthan and numismatist went to India as a cadet in the Bengal army of the British East India Company in 1799. He was attached to the escort sent with Graeme Mercer, envoy and resident at Sindhias Court in 1805. He commanded the escort Sindhias from 1812 to 1817. In 1815 he submitted a map to the governor, Lord Hastings, in which for the first time the term Central India was applied to the collection of native states now under the Central India agency. Rajputana was also included in the area of his researches. In the latter year he was in charge of the Intelligence Department, which largely contributed to the break up of the Maratha Confederacy in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, and was of great assistance in the campaign in Rajputana. In 1818 he was appointed political agent for the states of western Rajputana, where he conciliated the chieftains and settled their mutual feuds. In 1822 his health began to fail and he was forced to leave India for England. He returned to England in 1823 with a wealth of material collected during his time in India, which was to form his foundational study of Rajasthan's historical development.
In 1818 he was appointed political agent for the states of western Rajputana, where he successfully acted as an arbitrator between rival chieftains, settling their feuds. While Resident in Rajputana, Tod collected materials for his Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, a work of great importance for South Asian scholars. Tod presents the contemporary geography and a detailed history of Rajputana along with the history of the Rajput clans who ruled most of the area at that time. Tod's work drew on local archives, Rajput traditional sources, and monuments such as the Edicts of Asoka found at Junagadh. He returned to England in 1823 with a wealth of material for what became a fundamental study of Rajasthan's historical development.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0350 1100000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:41 PM IST
2 anon0119 1000000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 07:10:41 PM IST
3 anon0350 792000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 06:10:34 PM IST
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