The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah - Tim Mackintosh Smith
Very scholarly tome on retracing the footsteps of Ibn Battutah in India 700 years later. A great read for ones who want to be challenged by linguistic pomposity and clever wordsmithing ( in English and sometimes in Arabic). Armed with old and ancient texts, the author finds the descendents and remnants of Battutah's travels through the people and landscape of the region today. Fascinating.
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