Ras Mala – Alexander Forbes (1924) (Vol 1 only)

S$28.00

Ras Mala – Alexander Forbes (1924) (Vol 1 only)

S$28.00

Title: Ras Mala: Hindoo Annals of the Province of Goozerat, in Western India (vol 1 only)

Author: Alexander Kinloch Forbes

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1924.

Condition: Hardcover, ex-library. Poor. Reading copy only. Vol 1 onlyA large brown stain at the top of about the last 10% of the pages (see photo). Still legible but text a little obscured. Binding cracked slightly at the back, but still sound. Still, an invaluable source of information about the history of Gujarat. App 8″ x 5″, 444pp.

About the book (from Wikipedia):

Râs Mâlâ: Hindoo Annals of the Province of Goozerat, in Western India is a 1856 historical work by British colonial administrator Alexander Kinloch Forbes. Divided in two volumes, the work has four sections documenting the history and chronicles from 8th century Gujarat (now in India) to arrival of British and folk literature of Gujarat as well as an historical account of the place and people he came to know during his stay in Gujarat. It was later translated into Gujarati in 1869.

The first book gives an account of the rise and fall of the Chavada and Vaghela dynasties. It covers the period from about the eighth to thirteenth century.