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:Volume I- Karachi District 1919 [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.30500/page/n5 Archive.org]; Volume II- Hyderabad District, 1927 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281433 Archive.org version]; Volume III -Sukkur District 1919 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34603 Archive.org version]; 1928 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105575 Archive.org version]; Volume IV- Larkana District, 1927 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105576 Archive.org version]; Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105577 Archive.org version]; Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1919 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105578 Archive.org version]. (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is available at the [[British Library]] IOR/V/27/63/110).
*[http://archive.org/stream/britishbeginning00rawlrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''British Beginnings in Western India, 1579-1657: An account of the early days of the British factory of Surat''] by H.G. Rawlinson 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/how-bombay-was-ceded ''How Bombay was Ceded''] by J H Gense S J, PhD (St. Xavier's College, Bombay) published c 1939. Archive.org. The Treaties of 1661 and 1665.
*[https://archive.org/details/ahistorymahratt00warigoog/page/n8 ''A History of the Mahrattas: To which is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Decan…''] by Edward Scot Waring 1810 Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TeYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 ''The Road Book of India; or, East Indian traveller's guide through the presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay''] by John B Seely, Captain Bombay Army. 1825 Google Books. Contains many place names.
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1kY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''No CXXXIV New Series: Khoti Tenure''] 1873 Google Books
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=o0c9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''No CLII New Series: Archaeolgical Survey of Western India: Province of Kachh''] 1879. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnwwei?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust version] where the book reader enables pages to be rotated.
**[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/21663 ''No CLXXXIX New Series: Account of a trip to Mount Eilo on the northern frontier of the Gadafursi country with a sketch map showing the routes''] by Captain J S King, Assistant Political Resident, Zaila 1886. Zaila (Zeila) is a port city in the northwestern Salal region of Somalia. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].
** Search the Internet Archive ([https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php Archive.org]) for individual titles. More online editions appear to be available, including under individual titles, at [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/17705 GIPE Digitised Books] (free) and at [https://granthsanjeevani.com/jspui/ Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani], the latter requires a paid personal or institutional membership to access the contents, however many mirror files have been uploaded to the Internet Archive.
*[https://archive.org/details/b28756885/page/n3/mode/2up ''A comparative view of antient monuments of India, particularly those in the island of Salset near Bombay''] by Richard Gough 1785 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/s6id13658320/page/44/mode/2up "Account of the Caves in Salsette Illustrated with Drawings of the Principal Figures and Caves"] by Henry Salt 25th August 1806, page 44 ''Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay. Volume 1, 1819'' (1877 reprint) Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/s6id13658320/page/214/mode/2up "Account of the Cave-Temple of Elephanta with a Plan and Drawings of the Principal Figures"] by William Erskine November 2, 1813 page 214 ''Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay. Volume 1, 1819'' (1877 reprint) Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/TheWondersOfEloraOrTheNarativeOfJourneyTemplesAndDwellings/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Wonders of Elora or the Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings...at Elora, in the East Indies''] by John B Seely, Captain in the Bombay Native Infantry 1824 Archive.org. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082439104?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 Second Edition, with Considerable Additions and Improvements 1825] HathiTrust Digital Library, with rotatable pages.
:''Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India: selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr. T. C. Dibdin, from sketches ... made on the spot ... in the years 1838-9'' by James Fergussson 1845
:[https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008543106/page/n3 The Illustrations] Archive.org, [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t0bw0ht8p?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 HathiTrust Digital Library version with rotatable pages]
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.151365 ''Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India. Text to Accompany the Folio Volume of Plates''] by James Fergussson 1845 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.14802/page/n3/mode/2up ''Notes on the Rock-cut Temples and Rock-cut Palaces Near Ellora''] by a Recent tourist 1856. With illustrations. Archive.org, mirror from Granth Sanjeevani, Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.00137/mode/1up ''Ajanta : a handbook of Ajanta Caves descriptive of the painting and sculpture there in''] by Shrimant Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao 1932. Archive.org, Ministry of Culture [India] Collection.
*''Chow-Chow; being selections from a journal kept in India, Egypt and Syria'' by Amelia Cary 1857 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=avhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bvhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11 Volume II]. The author was the wife of Lord Falkland the Governor of Bombay 1848-1853
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part II Bombay''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
*Monograph Series. Republished in 1976 as ''Art in industry through the ages: monograph series on Bombay Presidency'', with this [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/898370 catalogue record for contents] nla.gov.au.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34719 ''A Monograph On Dyes And Dyeing In The Bombay Presidency''] by C G H Fawcett. [Sir Charles Gordon Hill Fawcett] 1896. Uniform Title: ''Miscellaneous Official Publications''. Archive.org, mirror file from Digital Library of India.
**[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25311 ''Monograph on Woollen Fabrics of the Bombay Presidency''] by B A Brendon, 1899. Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune]. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35090 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection], however the print quality is poor.**[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25318 ''Monograph upon the Silk Fabrics of the Bombay Presidency''] by S M Edwardes, 1900. Digital Repository of GIPE**[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25453 ''Monograph on Tanning and working in Leather in the Bombay Presidency''] by J R Martin 1903. Digital Repository of GIPE**[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35145 ''Monograph on Stone Carving and Inlaying in the Bombay Presidency''] by J H E Tupper 1906. Digital Repository of GIPE**[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/19557 ''Monograph on the art and practice of Carpet-Making in the Bombay Presidency''] by H J R Twigg, 1907. Digital Repository of GIPE
*[http://sanipanhwar.com Sani Panhwar.com Website] Scroll down to collection of books on Sindh and Vicinity, and General Books. With link to
**[http://sanipanhwar.com/reaebooks.html Rare Books] including Administration Reports on various topics.
