Image of India: A Study of Marianne Postan’s and Maria Graham’s Travel Accounts

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Priyanka Srivastava

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From time immemorial, India has been an important place for travel. The reasons for travel to India were many, ranging from pilgrimage, trade, and conquest to exploration and diplomacy, etc. The British traveled to India basically for trade. Invigorated by the improvements in travel and expanding British influence, there was a spurt in travel by not only British men but British women as well. These women travelers traveled for many personal and political reasons. Many travel writers came to India from different parts of the world and depicted it in their own ways. The British women also depicted India in their own peculiar ways. This paper seeks to study the travel account of Marianne Postans and Maria Graham to understand the ways in which they represent India.

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Priyanka Srivastava. “Image of India: A Study of Marianne Postan’s and Maria Graham’s Travel Accounts”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 7, no. 6, Dec. 2022, pp. 93-99, doi:10.53032/tcl.2022.7.6.10.
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