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:''Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, and Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries: To which is Added an Account of the Insurrection at Kalât, and a Memoir on Eastern Balochistan'' by Charles Masson 1844 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MtYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 2], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 3], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4]
:''Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, and Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries: To which is Added an Account of the Insurrection at Kalât, and a Memoir on Eastern Balochistan'' by Charles Masson 1844 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MtYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 2], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 3], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dNYWAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4]
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest including Sinde Afghanistan Beloochistan The Punjab and the Neighbouring States'' by Edward Thornton, 1844  [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, A-K], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 2, L-Z], together with an Appendix containing 'Routes' and an [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA379 Index (A-Z)] Google Books  
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest including Sinde Afghanistan Beloochistan The Punjab and the Neighbouring States'' by Edward Thornton, 1844  [http://books.google.com/books?id=4rgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, A-K], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 2, L-Z], together with an Appendix containing 'Routes' and an [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA379 Index (A-Z)] Google Books  
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d00099264u?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Central Asia Part II:  A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of Afghanistan  complied (for political and military reference)''] by C.M. MacGregor. 1871 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Probably this title: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/278643 ''Central Asia Part-i Vol-ii''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d00099264u?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Central Asia Part II:  A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of Afghanistan  complied (for political and military reference)''] by C.M. MacGregor. 1871 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Probably this title: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278643 ''Central Asia Part-i Vol-ii''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust Digital Library  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/285074 Pdf download] Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] Hathi Trust Digital Library, [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/40188 Pdf download] Digital Library of India
*''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust Digital Library  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/285074 Pdf download] Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] Hathi Trust Digital Library, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/40188 Pdf download] Digital Library of India
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000112690577?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan''] by  Major H G Raverty, Bombay Native Infantry (Retired) 1880 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/38715 Pdf download] 1888, Digital Library of India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000112690577?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan''] by  Major H G Raverty, Bombay Native Infantry (Retired) 1880 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/38715 Pdf download] 1888, Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/englandrussiafac00yate#page/n7/mode/2up  ''England and Russia face to face in Asia: travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission''] by  Lieutenant Arthur Campbell Yate, Bombay Staff Corps  1887 Archive.org  
*[http://archive.org/stream/englandrussiafac00yate#page/n7/mode/2up  ''England and Russia face to face in Asia: travels with the Afghan Boundary Commission''] by  Lieutenant Arthur Campbell Yate, Bombay Staff Corps  1887 Archive.org  
*[http://archive.org/stream/northernafghanis00yaterich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Northern Afghanistan or, Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission''] by Major Charles Edward Yate, Bombay Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/northernafghanis00yaterich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Northern Afghanistan or, Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission''] by Major Charles Edward Yate, Bombay Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org
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:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesofhi00gore ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast'']  by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the author. Part I Kulu. Part II Kuram.  
*[https://archive.org/details/lightsshadesofhi00gore ''Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab, a Contrast'']  by F St J Gore 1895 Archive.org. With photographs by the author. Part I Kulu. Part II Kuram.  
*''The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Afghanistan And Nepal'' 1908 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Contents: Afghanistan  computer page 7, Nepal cp 10, Index cp 141. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/280280  Pdf download]. It is also available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under both  Books, Afghanistan, and Books, Nepal. Scroll down to 1908.
*''The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Afghanistan And Nepal'' 1908 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Contents: Afghanistan  computer page 7, Nepal cp 10, Index cp 141. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/280280  Pdf download]. It is also available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under both  Books, Afghanistan, and Books, Nepal. Scroll down to 1908.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Full title: ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan'' [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/russianrailwayst00bere "Russian Railways towards India"] by Colonel  C E de la Poer Beresford ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' December 1905 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175794 ''Beyond Khyber Pass''] by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Full title: ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175794 ''Beyond Khyber Pass''] by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Full title: ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*''A History Of Afghanistan''  by Brig-Gen Sir Percy Sykes 1940 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031155mbp Volume I] [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031122mbp Volume II ]
*''A History Of Afghanistan''  by Brig-Gen Sir Percy Sykes 1940 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031155mbp Volume I] [https://archive.org/details/historyofafghani031122mbp Volume II ]

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Afghanistan in 1993 - click to enlarge the image.

Locations

Wars involving British India

External links

Encyclopedia entries

Archives

  • Historical maps from the University of Texas Austin, including some relating to the First and Second Afghan Wars
  • An article Historical Sources for Afghanistan In the British Library, 2005 by Richard Scott Morel, page 26 of this pdf link
  • Phototheca Afghanica Historical Images
 of Afghanistan. A project of Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica, CH-4416 Bubendorf.

Historical books online

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, the Panjab, and Kalât, During a Residence in Those Countries: To which is Added an Account of the Insurrection at Kalât, and a Memoir on Eastern Balochistan by Charles Masson 1844 Google Books Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
India by Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1904 Archive.org
The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910
Political Frontiers and Boundary Making by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916
"Between the Tigris and the Indus" by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich The Geographical Review Volume IV September 1, 1917 Archive.org

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