Série FBH/2 - Statistical Survey of the District of Puraniya (Purnea)

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GB 891 FBH-FBH/2

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Statistical Survey of the District of Puraniya (Purnea)

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  • 1809 - 1810 (Création/Production)

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2 volumes + 1 box handwritten manuscripts

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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: The Natural Productions of Puraniya(103 pages)
  • Book IV: State of Agriculture in Puraniya (308 pages)

    The second volume contains:

  • Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Puraniya (137 pages)
  • Book VI: An account of part of Nepal (131 pages)
  • Index or Key to the Map of Puraniya (100 pages)
  • Index of Native Words used in the account of Puraniya with the native characters annexed (197 pages).

The loose material consists of:

  • A further copy of Book 3: An account of the natural productions of Purinaya (127 pages). This was presented by H.T. Colebrooke on 4 November 1826. There is a loose cardboard front cover and the sewn binding of the manuscript has disintegrated. .

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  • anglais
  • hindi

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    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.

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