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About The Book : Hindostan Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs : the Shores of the Red Sea, and the Sublime and Romantic Scenery of the Himalaya Mountains. The Himalaya mountains, signifying the abode of snow, form that tremendous barrier, which, stretching from the Indus on the north-west, to the Bramaputra on the south east, divide the plains of Hindostan from the wilds of Thibet and Tartary. Tills chain of mountains comprises numerous ranges, extending in different directions west of the Indus; one of its ramifications, running in a still more westerly direction, is known to the Afghans by the name of the Hindoo Kosh, the whole stupendous range being merely broken by the Indus, From the north-east point of Cashmere, it takes a south eastern course, stretching along the sources of all the Punjab rivers, except the Sutlej, where it separates the hilly portion of the Lahore province from those tracts which have been designated in modern geography. Little Thibet. Still pursuing the same direction, it crosses the heads of the Ganges and Jumna, and compels their currents towards a southward channel. About The Author : Emma Roberts (1794-1840), often referred to as "Miss Emma Roberts", was an English travel writer and poet known for her memoirs about India. In her own time, she was well regarded, and William Jerdan considered her "a very successful cultivator of the belles letters. Emma Roberts was born on 27 March 1791, either in London or (according to other sources) in Methley, near Leeds. She was one of three children of Captain William Roberts and his wife, Eliza. Roberts's literary career began with the publication of Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster ... in 1827. She reportedly thoroughly researched her subject, but it was not unreservedly received. Then her mother died and her sister married an officer stationed in Bengal. When her sister and brother-in-law left for India, Roberts accompanied them.