TRAVEL BOOKS ON INDIA

: The Footprint India Handbook (updated annually) at over 1400 pages is in my opinion a very comprehensive (if not the best) and quite accurate travel book on India covering many smaller places of interest in addition to the mainstream sights and places. Includes sectional maps of India and a small selection of photographs.
Published June 1, 2004
: India (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides) - published September 1, 2002
This 800 plus page guide is especially strong in beautifully rendered plans and images.
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Himalayan Mysteries >>: This wonderfully illustrated large size coffee table book entwines the reader in the mystery and magic surrounded by the Himalayas. Published December 1, 2004.

: This book, published in 2001, gives information about Sikkim through many aspects. A special section of this generously illustrated guide is dedicated to the various trek routes including the Dzongri/Goecha La and Green Lakes treks.

: Covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andra Pradesh, Goa and the city of Mumbai (Maharashtra).
Published January 1, 2005

: Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History.
A pleasingly different type of book on Kolkata giving bountiful information on the city's past, culture and atmosphere. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in this fascinating and cultural capital city of India.

The Grand Trunk Road: A Passage Through...: The Grand Trunk Road (GT), or National Highway 2, is India's oldest highway linking (or in theory anyway) Calcutta and Kabul covering a distance of some 2 600 km's. Cities lying on the route include Varanasi, Delhi, Amritsar continuing across the border to Lahore and finally through Peshawar and the famous Khyber Pass to Kabul.