An indispensable archive of place and power from the height of empire. Maps, statistics, and local detail. Volume XIII of The Imperial Gazetteer of India, prepared by William Wilson Hunter, belongs to the imperial gazetteer series that defined Victorian-era India scholarship. As a British India reference book and historical gazetteer collection it compiles concise entries on towns, districts and provinces, the administrative divisions of India and the natural landscape, marrying the geography of India in the 19th century with detailed statistical data and succinct historical context. The result is a colonial India encyclopedia in miniature: factual, systematic and rich in local colour, equally useful to casual readers intrigued by South Asian history and to researchers and historians using it as a primary reference for British Empire studies. Whether consulted for travel, genealogical enquiry, scholarly citation or curatorial collecting, Volume XIII offers immediate access to the administrative and statistical backbone of 19th-century governance. Entries often pair topographical description with census and fiscal returns, making it a go-to source for statistical comparison and regional portrait. The tone is sober but precise; the material rewards both casual curiosity and careful citation. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Its literary and historical significance lies in the way it records the mechanics of colonial administration and the contours of landscape and society during the Victorian era. Librarians and academics will value it as an academic library resource that supplies authoritative india statistical data and clear accounts of administrative divisions India-wide; enthusiasts and collectors will prize it as a cultural treasure whose authority endures. Used in classroom reading lists and cited in research on the mechanics of empire, the gazetteer endures as a working reference and as a window into nineteenth-century thought about place. Collectors and classic-literature devotees will appreciate the edition's fidelity and tactile appeal, while teachers, researchers and historians will find its administrative detail essential to British Empire studies and South Asian history.