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*[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/russianrailwayst00bere "Russian Railways towards India"] by Colonel C E de la Poer Beresford ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' December 1905 Archive.org
*''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 ]
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)] Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance'' compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-routes-in-afghanistan-south-east-by-general-staff-s-pdf/ ''Routes in Afghanistan – South-East''] by General Staff 1912
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-index-map-to-routes-in-s-e-afghanistan-by-quartermaster-general-jpg/ 1913 Index Map to Routes in S.E. Afghanistan] by Quartermaster General, Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
→Historical books online
====Historical books online====
* Online books from [https://www.wdl.org/en/search/?languages=eng&item_type=book&additional_subjects=Library+of+Congress+Afghanistan+Project The Library of Congress Afghanistan Project] World Digital Library. Also include publications in respect of the surrounding countries.* Online books to download from [https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno/ Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection] at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, by year of publication.*[http://pahar.in/books/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset] includes a category Books: Afghanistan, listed by year of publication, some of which are linked below.*''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 ]
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797686 "Papers Descriptive of the Countries on the North-West Frontier of India:-The Thurr, or Desert; Joodpoor and Jaysulmeer"] by Alex. Burnes, an article from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 4. 1834. With maps. Archive.org
*''Travels into Bokhara; 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'' by Lieutenant Alexander Burnes 1834 [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha01burnuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha02burnuoft Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/travelsintobokha03burnuoft Volume III] Archive.org
:''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] HathiTrust Digital Library [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285074 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] HathiTrust Digital Library, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40188 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043188480.0x000001 ''Russian Advances in Asia''] Prepared at the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office. (The first portion reprinted from a paper prepared by Colonel Cooke.) Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division. [London], 1873. British Library Digital. "For Official Circulation Only"
*Routes**''Routes in Asia''. Variant Title: ''Routes in Central Asia''. Calcutta : Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1877-1878. "Compiled under the direction of Major General Fred. S. Roberts, C.B., V.C., Quarter Master General in India ...". [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9PmaJ7H3JLEC&pg=PP7 ''Section 2. Routes in Afghanistan''] compiled ... by F.J.N. Mackenzie Google Books**[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-military-routes-to-the-indo-afghan-frontier-by-lessar-secret-s-pdf/ 1890 ''Military Routes to the Indo-Afghan Frontier''] by Lessar (secret)] Notes: At head of title: Secret. "From Russian official "records" of geographical, topographical and statistical materials on Asia. Collected by the Military Scientific Committee of the Headquarters Staff, 1890. Translated for the Intelligence Division of the War Office". HMSO. Author: P. M. Lessar, (Pavel Mikhailovich) Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.**[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-routes-from-russian-territory-toward-afghanistan-and-india-the-pamir-line-of-advance-by-robertson-confidential-s-pdf/ 1893 ''Routes from Russian Territory toward Afghanistan and India - the Pamir line of Advance''] by Robertson (confidential). Full title: ''Routes from Russian Territory in Central Asia towards Afghanistan and India. Section 1, The Pamir line of advance'' compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by W.R. Robertson. 1893. Contents: pt. 1. Short military report on the Ferghana province, Kashgar, the Pamirs and Upper Oxus Afghan provinces ... - pt. 2. Includes all routes leading from the Chimkend Kuldja postal road to the Hindu Kush between the Dorah and the Karakorum Passes. Pdf download, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.**[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-routes-in-afghanistan-south-east-by-general-staff-s-pdf/ ''Routes in Afghanistan – South-East''] by General Staff 1912*:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-index-map-to-routes-in-s-e-afghanistan-by-quartermaster-general-jpg/ 1913 Index Map to Routes in S.E. Afghanistan] by Quartermaster General, Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[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. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38715 Archive.org mirror version] 1888, originally from the Digital Library of India.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1885-indias-danger-and-englands-duty-history-of-russian-advance-upon-afghanistan-by-russell-s-pdf/ ''India's Danger, and England's Duty with reference to Russia's Advance into the territory upon the borders of Afghanistan''] by Richard Russell 1885. PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download link does not display, locate under Books /Afghanistan.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1893-the-military-geography-of-afghanistan-part-5-farah-and-kandahar-by-elles-secret-s-pdf/ 1893 ''The Military Geography of Afghanistan Part 5 Farah and Kandahar''] by Elles (secret)
:Pdf downloads, Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Issued by the Intelligence Branch, Q.M.G.'s Department. Published Calcutta. Secret. Contents: pt. 1. Badakhshan by E.G. Barrow - pt. 2. Afghan Turkistan by E.G. Barrow - pt. 3. Herat by E.G. Barrow - pt. 4. Kabul by A.H. Mason - pt. 5. Farah and Kandahar by E.R. Elles.
*[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.
*[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/afghanenglish/159/ ''Report on the proceedings of the Pamir Boundary Commission (1897)''] "Afghanistan: The Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha"
*[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofin00wheeuoft/page/n5 ''A Short History of India and of the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal and Burma''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1899. Printed in London. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916
:[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/britishdocuments04greabyu/page/512 "Chapter XXVIII - Afghanistan"] page 512, ''British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914, Volume IV: The Anglo-Russian Rapprochment, 1903-7'' edited by G P Gooch and Harold Temperley 1929. Archive.org
*[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
* ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Afghanistan And Nepal'' 1908 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280280 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India. Contents: Afghanistan digital page 7, Nepal dp 10, Index dp 141. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1908-afghanistan-and-nepal-imperial-gazetteer-of-india-s-pdf-2/ download as a pdf] from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
* ''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]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170320 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India.
* ''Beyond Khyber Pass'' by Lowell Thomas. First published 1925. Some editions were titled ''Beyond Khyber Pass into Forbidden Afghanistan''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175794 Archive.org mirror version], originally from the Digital Library of India. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Thomas Lowell Thomas] (Wikipedia) American writer and broadcaster.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-pedalling-through-the-afghan-wilds-being-the-experiences-of-kj-kharas-s-pdf/ ''Pedalling Through The Afghan Wilds. Being the Experiences of K.J. Kharas, R.D. Ghandhi, and R.D. Shroff''] 1935. Link to a pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77252 ''Across The Highways Of The World''] by K J Kharas, R D Gandhi, R D Shroff. Second edition 1941, first published 1939. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
