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Chapter 1: GRAND MOVING DIORAMA OF HINDOSTĀN, DISPLAYING THE SCENERY OF THE HOOGLY, THE BHĀGĪRATHĪ, AND THE GANGES, FROM FORT WILLIAM, BENGAL, TO GANGOUTRĪ, IN THE HIMALAYA.
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The book presents a narrated tour of the Ganges from its Himalayan source to the Bengal delta as represented in a moving diorama, combining panoramic views, numbered scenes, and explanatory notes. It interleaves vivid landscape and urban descriptions—temples, ghats, rivercraft, and religious observances of Hindu and Muslim communities—with historical sketches of English commercial and political engagement in India and practical observations on local customs. Plates and scene lists accompany the account, and the text alternates travelogue, cultural description, and documentary background to orient viewers to the river’s geography, rituals, and colonial-era settlements.

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Title: Grand moving diorama of Hindostan

displaying the scenery of the Hoogly, the Bhagirathi, and the Ganges, from Fort William, Bengal, to Gangoutri, in the Himalaya

Author: Fanny Parkes Parlby

Illustrator: Louis Haghe

William Adolphus Knell

Philip Phillips

Release date: July 29, 2019 [eBook #60006]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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Asiatic Gallery,
BAKER STREET BAZĀR, PORTMAN SQUARE.

GRAND MOVING DIORAMA OF
HINDOSTĀN,
DISPLAYING THE SCENERY OF THE HOOGLY, THE BHĀGĪRATHĪ, AND THE GANGES,
FROM FORT WILLIAM, BENGAL, TO GANGOUTRĪ,
IN THE HIMALAYA.

BY
Visitors to the Diorama are allowed to inspect
THE MUSEUM.
London:
PUBLISHED AT THE ASIATIC GALLERY, BAKER STREET BAZĀR.
Price One Shilling.
Entered at Stationers’ Hall.