Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 1 of 3) / Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833

The narrative recounts a voyage up the Indus and an overland journey through Afghanistan into Central Asia and Persia, blending travel diary, topographical surveying, and political observation. It provides detailed route descriptions, maps, and plates, records encounters with local rulers and tribes, and describes cities, markets, costumes, coins, and antiquities such as monumental rock sculptures. Practical matters of travel, navigation, and surveying recur alongside reflections on customs, administration, and the challenges of crossing deserts and mountain passes, offering a systematic field account intended for both geographical and diplomatic audiences.