Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 FBH-FBH/1
Title
Statistical Survey of the District of Dinajpur
Date(s)
- 1807 - 1808 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 volumes handwritten manuscript
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Scope and content
The Statistical Survey of the District of Dinajpur consists of 2 bound volumes. The first contains:
- Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Dinajpur (222 pages
- Book II: Peoples of Dinajpur (160 pages + 20 pages of appendices containing lists and tables
- Book III: The Natural Production of Dinajpur (122 pages)
The second volume contains:
- Book IV: State of Agriculture in Dinajpur (299 pages). Inserted between pp. 20-21 is a photograph with the label "Doorway at Dinajpur said to be from Bau-nogor".
- Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Dinajpur (232 pages)
- List of all the Market places in each division Expressing for its situation to the corresponding Numbers in the Map.
- Alphabetical index of most of the native names of person, places & things having the manner in which there are written in the Native Characters.
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Language of material
- English
- Hindi