Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 FBH-FBH/2
Title
Statistical Survey of the District of Puraniya (Purnea)
Date(s)
- 1809 - 1810 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
2 volumes + 1 box handwritten manuscripts
Context area
Name of creator
(1762-1829)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Statistical Survey of the District of Puraniya (Purnea) consists of two bound volumes and some loose material. The first volume contains:
- Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Puraniya (224 pages)
- Book II: People of Puraniya (333 pages
*) Book III: … read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
- Hindi
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The Library Collections contain the printed "An Account of the District of Purnea in 1809-1810" by Francis Buchanan (Patna, 1928). The material within this volume is representative of the the handwritten manuscripts, though there are some diffrerences in the appendices.