Travel in the Punjab, Afghanistan and Turkistan to Balk, Bokhara and Heart; and a Visit to Great Britain and Germany

Mohan Lal’s great grand-father. Raja Mani Ram of Kashmir held a high rank at the Moghal Court at Delhi.1 His father Rae Budh Singh, with change of fortune, joined British service and stayed at Calcutta for some time. Learning of the advantages and of the new opportunities opening up after an English education, the Rae, through the intermediation of Mr. C. E. Trevelyan, sent his “clever and promising” son, Mohan Lal, to join the first English class established at the Persian College, Delhi, in 1828.