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Reference code
GB 891 FBH-FBH/5
Title
Statistical Survey of the District of Runggopur
Date(s)
- 1812 - 1813 (Creation)
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3 volumes + loose manuscript handwritten mauscripts
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Scope and content
The Statistical Survey of the District of Runggopur consists of 3 volumes. The first contains:
- Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Runggopur (269 pages)
- Book II: People of Runggopur (217 pages + appendix of 29 pages with lists and tables)
- Book III: The Natural Production of Runggopur (246 pages)
-
A List of the Specimens of Wood from Goyalpara to Calcutta by Doctor Francis Buchanan"(3 pages)
The second volume contains:
- Book IV: State of Agriculture in Runggopur (247 pages)
- Book V: State of Arts and Commerce in Runggopur (123 pages)
- Appendix concerning the nations bordering on the Ronggopur district (182 pages)
- Index to the Map (52 pages)
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Index of native words of Runggopur
The third volume contains further copies of:
- Book III: The Natural Production of Runggopur
- Book IV: State of Agriculture in Runggopur
There is also a further loose manuscript of "A List of the Specimens of Wood from Goyalpara to Calcutta by Doctor Francis Buchanan".
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Language of material
- English
- Hindi