Cutch
or Random Sketches taken during a residence in one of the Northern Provinces of
Western India interspersed with legends and traditions/Marianna Postans.
Reprint. First published: London, 1839. New Delhi, Asian Educational Services,
2001, 283 p., plates, $39. ISBN 81-206-1568-9.
Contents: 1. The voyage. 2. Mandavie. 3. Hill fort, and city of Bhooj. 4. The harem. 5. Hindu tombs. 6. Suttee. 7. Anjar. 8. The runn. 9. Religious ceremonies in cutch: the Naga Pachami. 10. Religious sects in cutch. 11. The military tribes of cutch. 12. Castles in cutch. 13. Infanticide in cutch. 14. Ruins in cutch. 15. Pilgrims. 16. Workmen of cutch. 17. Minstrelsy of cutch. 18. On the bards and bardic literature of cutch. 19. On the art of design, and the general want of instruction in cutch. 20. Juggling, snake-charming, and magic. 21. Productions of cutch. 22. General view of cutch.