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
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.