The Gates Of India Being An Historical Narrative

About the book:- It is an Historical Narrative. This thoroughly researched and informative book gives a record of the various interactions that the general area of Afghanistan, including parts of adjoining Central Asia, have had with the outside world through the ages. The books starts with relations that this area has had with ancient Greece and Persia. Among the 18 chapters of this book, the reader will find narratives on : Assyrian interactions, Alexander and Greek explorations, Chinese explorations, Mideval geography, English exploration, Arab exploration, American exploration, and three notices on Badakshan, Bokhara, and Ghazni. There are five maps that accompany the text. This book is a reprint of the 1910 edition. About the author:- Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich KCMG KCIE CB FRGS was an English geographer and president of the Royal Geographical Society. He is best known as Superintendent of Frontier Surveys in British India and author of numerous books, including The Gates of India, The Countries of the King's Award and Political Frontiers and Boundary Making. During peacetime, he was largely occupied with the survey of India, and served on the Afghan Boundary Commission of 1884–86, the Tasmar Boundary Commission of 1894, the Pamir Boundary Commission of 1895 and the Perso-Baluchistan Boundary Commission of 1896. He was also engaged in The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case by the governments of Argentina and Chile in 1902 to define the boundary along the Andes Mountains. He was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1887 in recognition of his work on the Afghan frontier. The Title 'The Gates Of India Being An Historical Narrative written/authored/edited by Thomas Holdich', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121234238 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 588 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-