(_:r:.NSUS OF INDIA 1951 .

VOLUME VI

VVEST BENGAL & SIKKIM

PART IC-REPORT THE CENSUS PUBLICATION~

THE CENsus PUBLICATIONS for West Bengal, Sikkim · and Chandernagore will consist of the following volumes .. All volumes will be of uniform size, demy quarto 8i"Xll1": Part !A-General Report by A. Mitra containing t·he first five chapters '·of the Report in addition to a Preface, an Introduction, and a bibliography. 587 Pages. Part IB-Vital Statistics, West Bengal, 1941-50 by A. Mitra and· P. G. Choudhury, containing a Preface, 60 tables, and several appendices. 75 Pages. Part IC-General Report by· A. Mitra (the present volume). Part II-Union and State Census Tables of West Bengal, Sikkim and Chandernagore by A. Mitra. 535 Pages. Part III-Report on Calcutta City by A. Mitra. About 550 Pages. Part IV-Tables of the Calcutta Industrial Region by A .. Mitra. About 450 Pages. Part V-Administrativv Report of the Census Operations· of West Bengal, Sikkim, Chandernagore and Calcutta City: Enumeration: by A. Mitra. 96 Pages. The Tribes and Castes of West Bengal-edited by A. Mitra, containing. 1951 tables of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal. A monograph on the Origin of Caste by Sailendranath Sengupta, a monograph on several · artisan castes and tribes by Sudhansu Kumar Ray, an article by Professor Kshitishprasad Chattopadhyay, an article on Dharmapuja by Sri Asutosh Bhattacharyya. Appendices. of Selections from old authorities like Sherring, Dalton, Risley, Gait and O'Malley. An Introduction; 414 Pages and eighteen plates. · . An Account of Land Management in West Bengal, 1872-1952, by A. Mitra, containing extracts, accounts and statistics over the 80-year period and agricultural statistics compiled at the Census of 1951, with an Introduction. About 312 Pages. . Fairs and Festivals in West Bengal by A. Mitra, containing an account of fairs and festivals classified by villages, unions, thanas and districts. With a foreword and extracts from the laws on the regulation of fairs and festivals. , 45 Pages. · District Handbooks for each West Bengal District by A. Mitra. Each volume contains · an .Introductory essay, brii:lging the old Gazetteer up to date, several important appendices, and about 82 tables, together with a list of ancienJ; monuments in each district. · Contains also a village directory where the J. L. No. of every village, its name, area, total population, number of houses, number of literates and population classified into eight livelihood classes are tabulated. The whole series is expected to be complete by 1954. Each volume will contain about 300 pages (14 volumes). A catalogue of the better known ancient monuments of West Bengal by A. Mitra. Will contain brief descriptions of extant ancient monuments in each district of the State, dating up to 1800, with exact location and present state. Translations of all inscriptions found in West Bengal and an account of all invasions or conquests of Bengal mentioned in inscriptions. With many plates. About 600 Pages.

( Iii ) Any statement made or conclusion drawn in this Report is wholly the responsibility of the author alone in his personal capacity and does not necessarily represent the views . of · Government

1 ( V )1 CONTENTS

CHAPTER VI PACE SECTION !-Preliminary Remarks 1 / SECTION 2-Religion . • . • • • • • . 2 SECTiON a-Territorial Distribution of House and Households : size an(! composition of family households 12 SECTION 4-Sex Ratios 12 SECTION 5-Marital Status Ratios 15 SECTION 6-Age Groups 16 SEcTION 7-Literacy and Educational Qualifications • 22 SECTION S-Mother Tongue and Bilingualism \ • 28 A Note on the Recording of Mother Tongues of Certain Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes . . 36 A Note on the Maternity Data of 'Married Women in Rural ~eas of West Beneal • 41 A Note on Vital Index for West Bengal 71 'SUBSIDIARY TABLES • 91 [See paee xi for details] REPRINTS. AND SPECIAL NOTES I Extract from Ain-i-Akbari ol Abul Fazl-I-Allami-Bengal Subah . . 169 lA Extract from Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl-I....:..Allami-A'IN V & VI • f 173 II Extract from Travels in the Mogul Empire-Francis Bernier 177 III Remarks on the Husbandry and Internal Commerce of Bengal-H;. T.

Cole brooke • I • 180 IV Extract from An Account of the District or Zila· of Dinajpur-By Francis Buchanan Hamilton on the population of the district and the causes which operate on its increase or diminution . . . • 232 V Extract from An Account of the District or Zila of Dinajpur-By Francis Buchanan Hamilton on the Land Tenures of Dinajpur . 237 VI On recent changes in the Delta of the. Ganges-James Fergusson . 251 VII Progress of Electricity Supply in West Bengal-Manoranjan Datta 272 VIII Land Utilisation in West Bengal During the Last Thirty Years-Bimal Chandra Sinha 297 BRIEF ACCOUNTS OF SOME OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE (With Two Bibliographies)-chanchalk\,Ullar Chatterjee and Kamal Majumdar . . . . . : . . .- ·. 305

vii ) ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS PAGB 1 Sample male and female populations by quinquennial age goups (Ungraduated) 13 2 Sample male and female populations by quinquennial age groups (graduated by Tertiary Septenary method with mortality correction) u. 3 Diagrams in respect of districts Burdwan, Hooghly, Calcutta and 24-Parganas, showing the proportion of unmarried, married and widowed or divorced persons 17 4 Sex ratio of first child born . • . • • • • • • . 50 5 Number of children born at different ages of mothers (quinquennial periods) 51 6 Changes in Vital Index by quinquennial periods, 1901-50 90 7 Diagram section across the bed of a River (Fergusson) • 255 8 Diagram illustrating the Secular Elevation of Delta (Fer~usson) 255 9 Diagram illustrating the junction of tributary streams with main rivers (Fergusson) 255 10 Fergusson-Delta of the Ganges (3 diagrams) • facing page 256 11. Map of the Rivers of Bengal (Fergusson) . 257 12 Electricity generations and sales in West Bengal (1941-51). 293 13 Electricity generation and sales, 1950 . .• . 294 14 • Production of electricity in K.W.H. per head o.f population, 1938 and 1947 • 294: 15 Map of West Bengal showing existing and projected P<>wer stations . 295 16 The .South Calcutta Electrification Scheme 296 17 The Raniganj Coal Fie'td Electrification Scheme 296 18 Map Showing State Electrification Schemes in· parts of West Bengal facing pa&e 296 19 The Mayurakhi Hydro-Electric Scheme: . Route Diagram of H. T. Lines • ., 296 20 The Mayurakhi Hydro-Electric Scheme: Diagrammatic Layout of Lines and Sub-station Equipment .. 296 . SUBSIDIARY TABLES CONTENTS TABLES PAGE Series I--'Genera1 Population I:~a } Area and Population, actual and Percentaie b! thana· Density 92 1.2 Variation and Density of General Population . . . . . 97 1.3 Mean Decennial Growth rates during three decades-General Population. 98 / 1.4 Imf!ligr~tion ...... • 101 / 1.5 Eimgration · ...... 102 ,.. 1.6 Migration between the State and other parts of India • 103 ,.. 1.7 Variation in natural Population . . 103 1.8 Livelihood pattern of general population 103 Series II-Rural Population lio1 Distribution of Population between villages • . • • • • 1~ Ilo2 Variation and density of rural population • . . • . • • 1~ Ilo3 Mean Decennial Growth rates during three decades-Rural population • 105 lio4 Livelihood pattern of rural population . 106 . Series III-Urban Population ntta } Distribution of population between towns . 107 III.2 Variation and density of urban population . . • • • . 108 III.3 Mean decennial Growth rates during three decades-Urban population 108 III.4 Towns classified by population 110 III.5 Cities-Chief figures ...... • • • . • 110 • IIlo6 Number per 1,000 of the General population and of each · liyelihood class who live in towns o o . . · 116 IIIo7 Livelihood pattern of Urban population Ill Series IV-Agricultural Classes IVo1 l Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of general population ; number IVo1aj in each Class and Sub-class of 10,000 persons of All Agricultural Classes; and comparison with agricultural holdings by. size o o o · o o 112 !Vo2 Livelihood Class I (Cultivators of land wholly or mainly owned and their dependents)-Number per 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class I · in each sub-class; secondary means of Livelihood of 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class I 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 • • 0 • 114 IVo3 Livelihood Class II (Cultivators of land wholly or mainly unowned and their dependents)-Number per 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class II in each sub-class ; Secondary Means of Livelihood ·of 10,000 persons

of Livelihood Class II . 0 : • • • • • • • • 115 IV.4 Livelihood Class III (Cultivating labourers and their dependents)­ Number per 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class III in each sub-class; Secondary Means of Livelihood of 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class III 116 IVo5 Livelihood Class IV (Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent receivers and their dependents)-Number per 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class IV in each sub-class ; Secondary Means 6f Livelihood of 10,000 persons of Livelihood Cla-ss IV . . 117 IVo6 Active and Semi-active workers in cultivation . • 118

IVo7 Progress of cultivation during three decades 0 • 0 • • 119

IVo8 Components of cultivated area per capita durin'! three decades . 0 • 120 IVo9 Land area per capita (1951); and. trend of cultivation per capita during three decades . ' 122 Series V-Non-agricultural Classes Vo1 Non-agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of general population ; number iri each class and sub-class per 10,000 persons of All Non­ Agricultural Classes ; and number of employers, employees and independent workers per 10,000 Self-supporting persons of all Non-

Agricultural Classes . . 0 • • • • • • • • • • • 123 Vo1a Non-Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of Rural Population ; number· in each class and sub-class per 10,000 persons of all Non-Agricultural Classes ; and number of employers, employees and independent workers per 10,000 Self-supporting persons of all Non-Agricultural Classes . 124 Volb Non-Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of Urban Population ; number in each class and sub-class per 10,000 persons of all Non.:Agricultural Classes ; and number of employers, employees and independent workers per 10,000 Self-supporting persons of all Non-Agricultural Classes . • 124 Vo2 Livelihood Class V (Production other than cultivation)-Number per 10,000 persons ol Livelihood Class V in each sub-class ; Number per 10,000 Self-s\.!pporting person-s of Livelihood Class V who are employers employees and independent workers ; Secondary means of Livelihooa1 of 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class V 125 ( xi ) CONTENTS·

TABLES PAGE Series V-Non-agriculturat Ctasse8-concld.

V.3 Livelihood Class VI (Commerce)-Nm;nber per 10,000 persons of Liveli­ hood Class VI· in each sub-class ; Number per 10,000 Self-supporting persons of Livelihood Class VI . who are employers, employees and independent workers; Secondary means of Livelihood. of 10,000 persons· of Livelihood Class VI ...... , . . . . 128 V.4 · Livelihood Class VII (Transport)-Number per 10,000 persons of Liveli­ hood Class VII in each sub-class ; Number per 10,000 self-supporting persons of Livelihood Class VII who are employers, employees and independent worker$ ; Secondary means .of Livelihood of 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class VII ...... , • . 131 V.5 Livelihood Class VIII (Other services and miscellaneous ·sources)­ Number per 10,000 persons of Livelihood Class VIII in each sub-class; Number per ro,OOO self-supporting persons of Livelihood Class VIII · who are employers, employees and independent workers ; Secondary ·means of Livelihood of 10,000 persons of Livelihood Cla·ss VIII . . 134 V.6 Comparison of the Classification of the Population by Livelihood Classes at the 1951 and 1931 Censuses . . . . · . . . . . 137 V.7 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons of all Industries and Services in the State (by Divisions) ...... 139. V.8 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged .in Primary IndtJstries not elsewhere specified (By Sub-divisions) 140 V.9 Territorial.Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged in Mining and Quarrying (By Sub-divisions) . . . . . 141 • V.10 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the' State, engaged in Processing and Manufacture-Foodstuffs, Textiles, Leather and Products thereof (By Sub-divisions) ...... • H2 V.ll Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged. in Processing and Manufacture-Metals, Chemicals and Products thereof (By Sub-divisions) ...... 143 V.12 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged in Processing and Manufacture-not elsewhere specified (By Sub-divisions) ...... 144: V.13 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting· persons in the State, engaged in Construction and Utilities . (By Sub-divisions) 145 V.l4 Territorial Distribution. of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged in Commerce (By Sub-divisions) . . . . · . . . 146 V.15 Territodal Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged in Transport, Storage and Communications (By Sub-divisions) . 147 V.16 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged in Health, Education and Public Administration (By Sub- divisions) ...... • . . . . . 148 V.17 Territorial Distribution of 10,000 Self-supporting persons in the State, engaged in Services not elsewhere specified (By Sub-divisions) 149 Series VI-Families, Sexes and Principat Age Groups VI.1 Persons per 1,000 Houses and Houses per 100 square· miles and comparison .with past Censuses . . · ...... 150. VI.2 Number of Households per 1,000 Houses and Distribution by size of 1,000 Sample Households of Rural and Urban Population • . . . 151 VI.3 Family Composition of 1,000 Households of the General Population ·. VI.4 Females. per 1,000 males (General, Rural and Urban Population) ; and 152 comparison with Previous Censuses ...... 152 VI.5 Females per 1,000 males in Agricultural Classes and Sub-classes · . . 153 VI.6 Females per 1,000 males in· Non-Agricultural Classes and Sub-classes . .154' VI.7 Marital Status of 1,000 persons of each Sex of General Population and comparison with Previous Censuses . • • . 155 VI.8 Age distribution of 1,000 married persons of each sex (a~d c~mpa:riso~ with 1941 Census) . . . . , : • 'VI.9 Infants per 10,000 Persons . . • ; 156 VI.10 Young Children (aged 1-4) per 10,000 persons 157 VI.ll Boys and Girls (aged 5-14) per 10,000 persons . . 157 VI.12 Young Men and Women (aged 15-34) pe'r 10,000 persons 158 VI.13 Middle Aged Persons (aged 35-54) per 10,000 persons 158 VI.14' ElderJy Persons (aged 55 and ~ver) per 10,000 persons 159 159 Series VII-Literacy and Education VII.l Progress of Literacy • • . . . . 160 VII.2 Literacy Standard of Livelihood Classes 161 VII.3 Educational Services and research .• 165 ( s.ii ) BffiUOGRAPHY

XXIX .. Bloliop-aphy Books

~~1hoob. ed in twenty-four hDUrS. (3) On the de Ta:m:er. Voy.agea V8' 1325 dans r measure of fbe Olympie stadium. ~ 1a s,ne,. Ja Perse.. r Ara.hie. 1a Oxford: 1805 Z~r. 1" Asle-Mme~Ire, Ia Kapt9- Birds of India, '1:be. J3ein2 a natural history d:ladt, Ia K.ariz:m. ·~ Ia Clrlne,. ~ of an the birds known to inhabit conti­ llo!m, la ~ et Je &J!ldan the book nental India: with descriptions of the writflell bJr mm. em retmn in uss is speries., Genera; Families., Tn"bes. and emtiflell: Cadeau .fajt anx observa1ems Orders. and a brief notice of such families et 1:lral1bm1 de Ia ~ des 1i'illes as are not found in India, making it a - et des meneilles qu"offrecl les voyages. manual of Ornithology specially adopted See Bewe ~ Bmmxeiles T. 31 fer Inma.. By T. C. J"ERDOJI.. In three (IU3) p. UD n. L volumes, Calcutta 1864. Appendix. A....,.;jernf lir3dian Qol!mnies in tbe Far East. Index. XLV. Pp. 876. XXXII.. Vd.. L O.am;pa BY R. C. lll.&r.mn•R • Bengal Peasant Life. By REv. Lu. BEB.&m I..ahmre 13n; Pp.. XI-XII. Pp.. XVI- DEY. .Mannillan & Co. 1892. XVII. - (Natio7lll! Libra7'J1) ~ .A1d!ey ... the Jnstjf;mes 'Of 1lP. 1'15.. D. 50'1 Ewpeua ..I.Uhar. Tr. :87 Fauas GLD­ Be!ngal Plants. In two volumes. Calcutta WDII in t1l'O n>1:urmes 1903. A list of the phanerogam;. Ferns 'Ihe SDOhiah of Bemlgal. PP. 2-=. Vol. n. and Fem--allies. indigenous to. or cam­ TGksaem .Jumma 01' tbe Assesswent of Ben­ mrml,y cultivated in. the Lowe!' Provinces gaL Pp.. IG-131. Vol. n. and Chitta,gcng with definitions of the (A. s. 0. B. Li.bntf'll) natural orders and Genera. and Key to Allienmi"s InWa... An acclCIIIml of the Re-,igjo:o, the GeDera and species. By D.a.vm ~. U'ten.t!ue. Geograpb,y. Piw1 ~. ~. Cu..dnrrm;. Laws (W. B. S. Libntf'l/) ;md ~ of fuQia ahoot AD. 103ll Banga.hhasa 0 Sahitya. By DINESll CHA.NDBA iD t'&"' W>'hmmes BJr Elnlr.DJt C. Sannn SEN.. (A.. s. 0. B. Li.bntf'll) ~ Itihas-Adi Parba. By NmAll .&pets of Benga,i Soc:ietJr from Old Bengali Ruaur RoY. I.Mera!lme. BJr T»II)"USB OimBA lhs Book Emporilr.m, Calc1ata, 135Q B.S. Cmn.. - Banga-Parlcha.ya. By PlumuY . KtTMAB Amnals of Bmal Beogal, '1:be. By W. W. Mt1XHOPADRAY.L In two volumes. Hmnm:a. l.cmdrm las&. Cakutta. Chap. 4. P. 1!. Pp. 502-3'1. . {W. B. s. Libn!l.l'];') Cottage Industry of BengaL Am:iiemt IDdia.. F'mml the earllest times tB the BaD,gey Chal Tattwa. By SoNrosB NAD1 SEm 1St ~ AD. BJr E. .J. RlPsmir. of CbandannagGr. Calcutta. 13.92 B.S.. P. 174.. Vomga. the old form of tbe a good book em rice in Bengal. modem name ~ n di!Doted 1he Berigt Van Eeu Mabnmetaans Koopman. wesh:lrn and cen'llral dis1ricts of the pre­ AAngaande Cambalu mitsgaders de semi; prorime, r~ · Mursbidabad. moeijelljke Reys Van Benedictus Goes. B.'irtimm, Blad1Vil!l a:md Nadia. gedaan Van Lahar over Land door An Arab aa:lllllmt of India in the U1h mntmry. Tartaryen na .OUna. in "t jaar 1598 en vervolgens. ~ a 1r.mslatitm of the chapters em. Nu aldereerst eyt bet Portugys no~e IDdla fuml ~~!~.dis S!Jj,b.J& VI­ ve:rtaald. met Konst­ . A"sltL B,7" 0rm Sm:s. Printen en een Register verrijld. TE Leyden: 1'106. StlWt:tgm : 1336. A. Bogaerts Historlsche Reizen door d'ooster­ Anim"s ~ M!md the Euxiine Sea. sehe Deelen Van Asia. and Tr.mslaW ammo~ 1ri'1h a Amsterdem: 1'111., p. ~24. ~ cfissert.a.ticm and maps. to Baharista.IH~a. A Histoi:Y of the wi:lfich are added three rlisolmrses: (1) Mug'hal wars in Assam. Cooc:h Behar. On the 'trade to &e East IJn.djes by means Bengal. Bihar and Orissa dlllin2 reiJ:ns of the Eio::me Sea, (l) Om the distance of .J~ apd Shalljaban. By MIRU wiaach the ~ of Anti~ usuaD.7 sail- NA1l"BP. 4SS ' BIBLIOGRAPHY Translated from the Original Persian. By Description Historique et Geographique de M. I. BoRAH in two volumes. Vol. II, 1'fnde. With plates. 3 Vols. 4to Berlin, p. 501. Rare cloths of Bengal. 1786. By J. BERNOULLi. Changing Face of Bengal, The. A study in (A. S. 0. B. Library) river.ine economy. By R .. DHAKAlVIAL Descriptive Catalogue of Bengali Books. By MUKERJEE. J. LoNG. Calcutta 1855. · Unirersity of Calcutta: 1938 Dhatumala or a Garland of Metals, compiled Cocon de soie, Le. By E. DUSEIGNEUR- and translated into English from various Kleber P. 137._ . sanskrit works. By RAJA SIR SOURINDRA Contes Orientaux, tires des Manuscrits de la MOHON TAGORE, Thacker Spink & Co. Bibliothique du Roi de france. 2 Vols. Calc,utta 1903. 12 me. La Haye 1743. (W. B. S. Library) Coins of India, The. By C. J. BROWN. Doctrine classiQue de la Medecine Indienne, Commercial Relations between India and La. Ses origines et ses paralleles -Grecs. England (1601 to 1757). By BAL KRISHNA. By JEAN Fn.uozAT. Paris 1949. (With a Map. London 1924.) 0 Descobrimento do Tibet pelo P. Antonio P. 26: Paradise of Nations, extent and · de ANDRADE da companhia de Jesus, nature of trade. em 1624, narrado em duas cartas do P. 28: The principal exports of Bengal. mesmo religioso. Estado Historico por P. 29: Imports. Francisco · Maria Esteves Pereira. P. 29: Muslins. Coimbra: 1921. P. 281n: Bengal. vessels. (A) Description of the coasts of East Africa P. 98: Raw Silk of Bengal. and Malabar in the beginning of the 16th P. 100: Saltpetre: The same: P. 199. century. By DuARTE BARBOSA. Trans­ P. ·105: Sugar. lated from an early Spanish manuscript P. 108: Woollens. in the- Barcelona Library with notes and P. 110: Metals. a preface. By -E. J. STANLEY, pp. 178- P. 139: Hugly as one of the trading 181. Section entitled, "Bengal". centres. . Empire of the Nabobs, The. A short history P. 141: Hugly as one of the trading of B~itish India.· By LESTER HUTClliNSON. centres. London. P. 142: Bengal Silk. " Nabob, nabob: n. A deputy or Governor P. 158: Cotton yarn. under the Mo~ Emoire: a European P. 197: Silk Industry of Bengal under who has enriched himself in the East: The United Company of Merchants of any man of great wealth, (Corr. of Hindi England Trading to the East Indies. Nawwab, a deputy)". Quoted from Cham­ P. 255: Chapter x: Protection against bers's Twentieth Century Dictionary by Indian Textiles. The book contains a the author as an explanatory note on good bibliography. the word Nabob. Re: Irrigation seeP. ll. Cotton Hand-Book for Ben,l!'al bein,g a digest Early History of India, The. From 600 B.C. of all information available from official . to the Muhammadan conqUest including records and other s. Fifth Edition, Higginbotham and Co., Foe-Koue-Ki on Relations des Royaumes 1870. Bouddhiques: Voyage dans la Tartarie, Grow Moi:e Food. Published- by Govern• dans 1' Afghanistan et dans l'Inde, exe. ment of Bengal. cute a la fin du IVe siecle p"ar CHY· FA _ (W. B. S. Library) HIAN. Traduit -du chenois et commente Guide to the Commerce of Bengal, -A. Con• par M. Rbeu Remusat. · Ouvrage pos­ taining a view of the shipping and Exter­ thume revu, complete et augmente d' nal Commerce of Bengal, in three parts: e'claircissementS nouveaux par MM I Port Rules and Regulations. · Klaproth et Landresse. 4to. Paris, 1836. II Shipping. - (A. S. 0. B. Library) III Commercial Statements, etc., · etc., • Fairs and Festivals in Bengal. By CHAs. A. with · Bt;.NTLEY. Calcutta, B. S. Book Depart­ a copious appendix, comprehending vari­ ment (1921). ous details and statements, relative to _(W. · B. S. Library) the shippuig and commerce of countries Fairs and Festivals ·in Wes~ Bengal. By connected with British India and China. A. MITRA. Calcutta; W. B. S. Book The whole compiled from authentic Depot (1953). sources. By JoHN Plmi>s, 1823. Firminger's Manual of Gardening. Revised, Historiadores Primitives de las Indias Oc• Corrected and ampijfied. By H. ST. . cidentales. 3 Vols. 4to. Madris 1749. JoHN JACKSoN,' Calcutta-1890. · · Hand-book of the Management of Animals (The) Foote collection of Indian Prehistoric in Captivity in Lower Bengal. By RAM and Protohistoric Antiquities. Notes on BRAMHA SANYAL, Calcutta-1892. · their ages and distribution. By RoBERT Hand-book of the Collection Illustrative of BRucE FooTE, Madras: 1914. · . ·the wild silks of India, in the Indian Francois Bernier, ses voyages dans l'lnde Section of the South Kensington Museum, By H. CASTONNET DES FossEs, Angers: with a Catalogue of the collection and 1888, pp. 41-51. On Bengal. · numerous Illustrations. By THoMAs Geographic d'Aboulfe da Traduite de l'Arab'e WARDLE. • en Francais et accompagnee df!' notes et .(W. B. S. Library) d'eclaircissements. By M. REINAUD. Hand-book of Tanning. Calcutta: B. S. Vol. I. Paris: 1883. Press, 1921. Vol. 1. Introduction P. CDXIX. P. (A) History of British India. By W. W. CCCXXXII; p. CD XXXVIL . HbNTER. In two volumes. Vol. 1 pub­ The author quotes Maury's note on Mohit lished in London, 1899 and Vol. 2 in · lMohyth) at length.· (Also see JASOB, 1900. . Vol. I. A magnificent review of Indian trade Vol. III, No.• 35, Nov. 1834 in respect of with the Mediterranean countries from this Turkish work on navigation entitled the earliest period (around 700 B.C.) to "Mohit ". 1623. Do. Tome II, second part translated. BY Vol. II. From 16~3 to the union of the Com­ S. GUYARD, Pp. 233-302. General Index panies ·around 1698-1708, pp. 385-419. Pp. -303-320. Jndex of authors and works Index. mentioned in the footnotes. Improvements on the country process of . · Paris: 1883. making Sugar from Gur. By R: L. DATTA Glossary of Terms relating to Hand-made an~ T. BASU. B. S. Book-Depot: 1930. Cotton Fabrics. Published from the lndo-Protuguese Embroideries of Bengal, Department of Commercial Intelligence pp. 1-9 with 16 illustrations. · By JoHN and Statistics, India. IRWIN .. · Calcutta: 1930, Pp. 1-12. Reprinted from Art and Letters: Journal of Glossary of Jute ·Trade Terms (Departmeni the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon of Commercial Intelligence and Statis· Society, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, 1953, pp. 8-9. tics), Delhi: 1938. Some · important references. Among Geographie d'Aboulfeda. Translated by Indo-Portuguese embroideries preserved STANISLAS GUYARD. Vol. 2, 2nd part, in museums and private collections in p. 126, Footnote 9. Europe and America there is a- well· Gli Scritti del Padre Marco Della Tomha. known and distinctive group of sixteenth· By ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS, p. 59. Ragh­ and-seventeenth Century quilts usually matti (Rangamati?). labelled Goanese. The purpose of the - (179 A 323) aQove article is to show that they- were Geograp~y .of India, compr:ising a descriptive made not in Goa but in Bengal. outhne of all India, and a detailed Geoo Indian Companion, The, being a manual of g_raphical, Commercial, Social and Poli­ Universal Statistics of all the provinces ~tcal accc,mnt of -its Divisi~ns, with in and the countries adjacent to India 490· BIBLIOGRAPHY with a Map, Routes' Directory, Appendix Heads and up the Eastern channel to and Index. By G. H. KHANDEKAR, Poona, ~augor. Road. By CAPTAIN WILLIAM September, 1894. M-AxFIELD, First Assistant to the P. 66. Bengal Presidency. Marine Surveyor General, with re- P. 68. Bakarganj. marks on thorhill's channel, the old P. 74. Bankura. channel, Lacam's channel, etc. P. 76. Bay of Bengal. India in the 15th Century, Ed. By R. H. P. 84. Birbhum. . MAJOR for the Hakluyt Society. P. 89. Burdwan. The sources are from Latin, Persian, Russian P. 94. Chittagong. and Italian texts. P. 117. Dacca. Index to Books and Papers on the Physical Dhaka, derived from the dhak tree (Palash?) Geography, Antiquities, and ~tatistics of or from Dhakeswari the conceived god· India. By GEORGE BUIST. Bombay- . dess. .. 1852. P. 123. Darjeeling. lnde Francaise, L, Ou collection de dessins P. 127. Dinajpur. · lithographies representant les Divinites, P. 134. Faridpur. Temples, Costumes, Physionomies, Men­ P. 147 .. Howrah. bles, Armes, et ustensiles. des _Peuples P .. 150: Hugli. Hindous qui habitent les Possessions P. 159. Jessore. Francaises de l'Inde, -et eh general la P. 164. Khulna. cote de coromandel et le Malabar. Avec P. 169. Kuch-Bihar. un texte explicatif par· E. Burnouf and P. 175. Maimensing. E. Jacquet. 2 vols. Fol. Paris, '1827-35. P. ·180. Maldah. By J, J. CHABRELIE. P. •188. Midpapore. _ (A. S. 0. B. LibTaTy) P. 208. Murshidabad. Indigenous -Drugs of India, 8 vols., Calcutta, P. 214. Nuddea. 1867. By KANNYLOL DEY. P. 279. 24-Parganas. (A. S. 0. B. LibTaTy) Initial coinage of Bengal, The, under the Indian Industrial and -Agricultural Exhibi­ early Muhmmadan • conquerors. By tion-1906/7. EDWARD THOMAS, London: 1873, pp. 3-40, . (W. B. S. Li6TaTY) Pt. 2. · 'Journey from India to England, A, through lnvestigation of the oil of Punnal (calo· Persia, Georgia, Russia, Poland and phyllum lnophyllum). By R. L. DATTA Prussia. Illustrated with Engravings. and T: BASU. B. S. Press: 1930. . 4to. London, 1818. By LT. CoL. Joa..'i Investigation of the oil of Karanja seed JOHNS(>N. (Pongamia Glabra) with reference to its (A. S. 0. B. LibTaTY) application in soap-making, specially .of • JEAN-BAPTISTE ·TAVERNIER. Par the Bengal type of moulded soap. By Charles Joret. Paris:. 1886, pp. 196-201, R. L. DATTA, Calcutta: B. S. Book Depot, .- p. 201 n. 4. · 1930. (A) Journal of the First voyage of Vasco de · Investigation into the application of Rayna Gama (1497-1499). Translated and -(Amoora Rohituka) oil in soap-making. edited with notes and Introduction and By R. L. DATTA and TINKARI BASU. B.S. appendices. By •E. ·G. RAVENSTEIN. Book Depot, 1930. Published by the Hakluyt Society, No. India Directory, or Directions for sailing to XC:OC, London: · M. DCCCXCVIII•. . and from the East Indies, China, New PlY. 100, 101,· 220 (place names on the Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and maps). Also see p. 209-" At Catiguam the interjacent ports: compiled chiefly (Chittagong) we read " esta em XI from Original journals at the East India pulgados a o norte," but these pulgados House, and from observations and re­ or inches are clearly the "isbas" ·of the marks, made during twenty-one years "Mohit ", a mode of Expressing t}le lati- experience navigating in those seas. By . tude which is · peculiar to the Indian'. JAMEs HoRSBURGH. In two volumes: Ocean and has explained by me on Vol. I, 3rd Edn., London, 1826. Vol It, p. 26, note 4 '. . 3rd Edn., 1827, p. 450. Journal d'un voyage fait anx lodes Orien­ Entrance of the Hooghly River, or Calcutta tales, par un~ escadre de six vaisseaux River. commandez par Mr. Du Quesne, depuis Description of the channels, sea reefs and le 24 Fevrier 1690, Jusqu'au 20 Aout sands. . 1691, par ordre de la compagnie des Pp. 455-462. Directions to approach the lndes Orientales.. River Hooghly, winds, currents or Ouvrage rempli de Remarques curieuses sur tides. quantite de · sujets, et particulierement Pp. 462-469. Directions for sailin~ from sur la Navigation et sur la Politique de. False point Palmiras to the Sand divers peuples et de differentes societez. 491 62A BIBLIOGRAPHY In three volumes. Published both at Rouen London: MDCCCXLII, P. 122. The and at La Haye in MDCCXXI. Vol. Il1 Muslin of India, p. 201, A strikimz re­ p. 239 (Rouen edition). semblance between the boats of the Journey over-land to India, A, in a series of ancient Egyptians and those of India, letters. By DONALD CAMPBELL, London: p. 214, Egypt's intercourse with India. 1796, p. 149. Passage to Bengal. Map of Bengal TASSIN. Kavi Kankan Chandi (Bangabasi Edition), (Cal. Review, Vol. IX, p. 1, Jan.-June pp. 221-222. The construction of Boats. 1848). The same, p. 191. A few names of boats. Manual of Ancient History, A, particularly Also note the barter· system, p. 196. with regard to the constitutions, the com­ Janga Dinga. This probably refers to merce and the Colonies of the states of .Chinese junks. (Cf. La Route des Indes Antiquity. Translated from the German, et ses N'avires. By JEAN PouJADE. Paris, 3rd Edition, 8 vol., Oxford, 1840. · By 1946, pp. 254-261.) ARNOLD HERMAN L. JlEEREN. Lac. By J. E. O'CoNOR (1876). · (A. S. 0. B. Library) · (W. B. S. LibraTY) Mani-Mala or a treatise on gems, in two Letters received by the East India Company volumes. By S. M. TAGORE. from its servants in the East. Vol. VI, Monograph on Paper and Papier-Mache in 1617. (July to December). Edited by Bengal. By D. N. MooKERJI '(1908). WILLIAM FOSTER, London, 1902, p. 150 ; Manasha Mangal. By BIJAY GUPTA. The p. 186.; p. 303n; flrman for Bengal; following names of Boat may be noted: pp. 134 ; 155 ; 215 ; 225. Madhukar, Bijusiju, Guarekhi,- V::rrar­ (W. B. S. Librar11) patua, Sarikhachur, Ajoyshellpat,. Uday- Letters received by the East India Company t

493 BIBLIOGRAPHY Nouvelle relation d'un voyage fait aux lndes Vol. 2, Chapter XX, pp. 83 to 96, coasts orientales. ·With plates 12 mo. Aamster­ of Madras to Bengal. dam. 1699. By DELLOR. Chapter XXI. PP. 98 to 277, Calcutta. (A. S. 0. B. Librarv.> Chapter XXII. PP. 278 to · 294. Bengal to Navigantum atque It~erantium Bibliotheca: the Malay Peninsula. or a complete collection of voyages and Original sanskrit texts on the origin and -Travels, containing whatever has been progress of the Religion and Institutions observed worthy of notice in Europe, of India,' collected, translated into Eng­ Asia, Africa, and America. illustrated lish, and illustrated by· notes. By with Charts, Maps and Cuts. 2 Vols. J. MUIR. Pt.· I. The Mythical and Le­ FoL London 1764. By ·JoHN D. D. gendary account of Caste, London, 1853. HARRIS. . (National Library.) (A. S. 0. B. Librarv.) Pilgrimage of FA-HIAN, The. From the Oxford History of India, The. From the French edition • of Foe-Koue-Ki of MM · Earliest Times to the end of ·1911. By Remusat, Klaforth and Landresse, with VINCENT A. SMITH, Oxford. 1919; additional notes and illustrations 8vo.. P. 8: Bihar and Bengal long continued Calcutta. 1848. to be reckoned as non-Aryan countrie!i. (A. S. 0. B. Library.) P. 28: The Kaurava cause was upheld (The) Possibilities of the Coir Industry in by the forces of Eastern Bihar, Ben­ Bengal. By S. N. CHAKRAVARTY. B. G. gal, the Himalay, and the Punjab. Press. 1936. PP. 184-6: Early History of Bengal. Possibilities of manufacture of furniture ami P. 221 : Muhammadan conquest of other articles of sheet steel .as a small Bengal. sc~le cottage or hazar Industry. By P. 229, P. 258, P. 263: The Independent A. T. WESTON and S. C. MxTTER. Muhammadan Kings of Bengal. Printing on Fabrics. By C. C. GHOSH. Cal­ P. 354: Akbar's conquest of Bengal. cutta. B. S. Book-Depot. 1933': P. 358: P. 380 Rebellions in Ben~::al. Prachin Silpa Parichaya. Compiled P. 418: Barnier praises BengaL by GxrusH CHANDRA BEDANU TmRTHA. P. 507: Famine of 1770. Calcutta 1329 (B.S.). Introduction By P, • 646: The first Indian -newspaper AKSHOY KUMAR' MAITREYA. printed in English. Hickey's Bengal PP. 1-33. Cloth.. Gazette. PP. 34-43. Shoes. Oriental Commerce, containing" a Geographi­ PP. 43-54. Umbrella. cal description of the principal places in PP. 115-121. Leather. the East Indies, China, and Japan, with Pre-Buddhist India. A political, admini­ their produce, manufactures, and trade, strative, Economic, Social and Geogra­ including the coasting or couritry trade phical survey of Ancient India based from port to port ; also the rise and smainly on the Jataka Stores. By RATI­ progress of the trade of the various LAL N. MEHTA. Bombay. 1939. Ragionamenti Di Francesco Carletti Floren­ European nations with the· Eastern· tino sopra le cose da lui vedute ne' suei world,· particularly ,that of the English viaggi si aell' Indie occidentali, e Orien­ East India Company from the discov~ry tali come d'altri paesi. 1701. P. 236. of -the passage round the Cape of Good Ed e questa seconda piena di molti Hope to the present period ; with an lnoghi, e Regni sino a Bengala, del qual account of the Company ; establish­ nome si chiama quel Golfo di mare. ments, 'Revenues, Debts, Assets, etc., at P. 248. 11 Regno del pegir confiDante con home and abroad Deduced from quel di Bengala, maridava una volta authentic documents, and founded upon· grandissima quantita d'oro, e di · Rulini, practical experience obtained in the siccome molte altre gioje ; ma ora course of · seven voyages to India and questa Regno e a1Iatto deserto, onde si China. By WILLiAM. MILBURN. sono perdute tutte le miniere; conciossia Vol. I, P. 207: Commerce with Bengal. A cosa che ·efli fosse disfatto e spianato dal statement of the merchandise and Re di Siam, come accennai a V: A. nel treasure imported into Bombay and secondo Regionamento. Surat from Bengal in the years 1802 to Ralph Fitch. England's pioneer to India 1806 ·inclusive, likewise of the mer­ and Burma. His companions and Con­ chandise and treasure exported ;from temporaries, with his remarkable narra­ Bombay and Surat to Bengal during the tive told in his own words. By same period, together with a list of the J. HORTON RYLEY. London. 1899; articles of which the imports and ex­ For an account of Bengal see pp. 100, 110, ports consisted in 1805. London: 1813. (Tauda in Gouren) 113 (Hugely), 114 494 BIBLIOGRAPHY (Satagam), p .. 115 (Tippara or porto Chap. VI. Les navires occidentanx de Granda) Chatigan, p. 118 Bacola · (Bari­ la route des lndes· (Mediterranee,. Mer sal) p. 118. Serrepore · (Serampore), Erythrie). p. 119, Sinnergan (Sonargaon) p. 120n. · Chap. VII. Les navires Orientaux Relation due voyage et retour des Indes · de la route des Indes (Extreme­ Orientales pendant les annees 1960 et Orient). 1691. Paris: MDC LXXXXII. P. 256. Chap._ VIII. Le probleme de l'inter­ How MR. · DESLANDERS, Director General penetr.ation des formes de bateaux et arrived at Hooghly. des techniques de construction navale Relation ou Journal d'un voyage fait anx: entre les trois re2ions de la Mer.Medi­ Indes orientales. Paris. 1677. · terranee de la Mer Erythrie et de . PP. 188-197. Embouchure .du Gange. ·rExtrerrie-Orient qui communique · Description de la ville de Bengala. entre elles ; ce qu'~n a convenue Moeurs et coutumes des· Indieus de Ben­ d'appeler: "La routes des lndes." gala et Habitants du Gan2e, etc:, etc. Recueil des voyages qui ont servi a l'etablis-. The description of the city called Ben­ sement, et aux progress de la compagnie gala corroborates With that of D' Innigo. des Indes orientales; 2nd . Edition, (A) Relation of· an unfortunate Voyage to 5. Vols. 12 mo. Aamsterdam 1710-16. LE the Kingdom of Bengala. By GLANIUS. SIEUR DE CONSTANTIN. London. 1682. P. 183. . , Report on the Investigations on Sole Leather Silk Production aqd ' Weaving. By Tannage. B. S. Book-Depot. 1925. c. C;. GHOSH. 1949. Report of the Investigations on the Manu­ Southern India and China. By V. R. RAMA· facture of Picking Bands. By B. M. DAS CHANDRA DIKSHITAR. Madras. 1945. ·and U. N. Du'l'T. B. S. Book Depot. P. 3. Tamluk as an active trade centre 1930. . . . so far the Far East _was concerned. Picking bands are leather straps of 11" P. 4. Trade relations with China and width, 3/16" to !" in thickness and 2' India · accorrung to Pan Kon to 3' in length according to requirement, (2nd century, B.C.) · attached to looms in their contrivance P .. 12. ·~At "tbis time (lOth century?) to throw the shuttle while weaving according to the history of Tibet, the textile fabrics. T~betans got a firm control over the Report on the Investigation on the Indian· whole of Bengal and weilded their Tannery Waters. Calcutta. B: S. Press. power for nearly two hundred years, 1921.. when the Bay of Bengal was virtually Researches on Modern Electroplating, Pt. I, named the Sea of Tibet." a review of the available literature. By Sri Krishna Kirtan by Chandidas,. (Bangiya A. KARIM and J. SANYAL. Sahitya: Parisad Edition) p. 140. The B. G. Press. 1940 (for official use· only) manufacturing of Boats. contains a good biblio2raphy on the (A) Statistical Account of BengaL By subject. W. W. HUNTER. Vol.'XX, pp. 1-120: (La) Route des Indes et ses Navires. By The Fish and · Fisheries of Bengal. By JEAN POUJADE ; Paris: 1946. With 90 DR. F. BUCHANAN-HAMILTON. drawings by the author. Introductory Note By FRANCIS DEY. Introduction: PP. 123-227. List of Plants found in _ Chap. I. Organisation des · voies de communications maritimes en Medi­ Bengal and Assam. By G. KING. terranee. PP. 231-425. General Index to Statis­ Chap. II. Creation, ouverture de­ tical Account of Bengal. velopment et fermerture de la Porte Storia de Cambanau, · Di Taid e D'altr'i Sude de- la Mediterranee · sur 1'Ex- Luoghi Dell'. India, Narrata dal beato treme-Orient. · odorico del Friuli anno "MCCCXXX. Chap. III. Organisation de la Porte Bologna. 1866. ·• Nord de la Miditerranee Sur !'Ex­ Sketch of the Topography and Statistics of treme-Orient. Pacca, A. BY JAMES TAYLOR. Calcutta. Chap IV. Recherche et organisation P. 122, Chapter V. de la route du cap paur echapper au P. 161. Chapter VI. controle de la porte. Sources for the History of British India in Chap. V. Existence d'aires de naviga­ · the Seventeenth Century. By· SHAFAAT tion nettement caracterisies dans l'anti AHMAD-KHAN. PP. · 1-366. Index O.U.P. quite. Leur survivance jusqu'a nos The work is chiefly occupied with the jours. Essai d'une theoric ethnogra­ manuscript materials ~or the study of phique. seventeenth century· British India, 495 BIBLIOGRAPHY · ' · . and dealS ma-inly · with the records P. 51ln. p. 553n. 5. preserved in the British archives. P. 559n.' p. 562n. P. 49. 1661-80. Reports on the P. 570n. 9. " From this point are roads E. I. Co.'s affairs in Bengal. Add. MS. leading into Bhutan and Bengal." The 34123, fols. 42-50. point refers to Tishu Lambu or Digar­ The MS. deals with the trade of that chah, tlle seat of a lama in Lat. 29" 7' province, its currency and weights· N., Long. 89" 2' E., a great monastery and measures. It contains a list of only 180 miles from· Rangpur of Ben­ the chiefs of the Company's factories, gal. a copy of the agreemen~ made be- · P. 586n. 9 the name of the province. . tween the agent and council of Fort St. Bengal: Bang-al, i.e., causeway. George and ' Chim Cham and chinda­ P. 589n. p. 595n. mundsaw ' a firm of merchants' P. 610n. 7. p. 666n. p. 762n. 9. 3 September, 1979, also a copy of the P. 765n. 8 p. 77ln. 772n. 773n. 774n. regulations drawn up by Streynsham 777n. p. 878n. Master for conducting the Company's Textile Dyeing. By C. C. GHosH. Calcutta. affairs in the Bay of Bengal, 12 Decem­ 1933. ber, 1679. P. 76. Voyage to Madras and Bengal. (The) Three voyages of Vasco da Gama and P. 103. Map of Bengal. Add. MS 5414 his viceroyalty. Froni the Lendas Da · No. 9. The map shows coast and India· of Gaspar Correa. Accompanied islands, but · gives very few place- by Original DocumentS. Translated names. . from the Portuguese, with notes and an Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde execute introduction. By HENRY E. J. STANLEY. de 1834 a 1839. With Plates and ·a London. 1869. . chart. 4to Paris 1843. A. DELESSERT. Travels· in India in the seventeenth century. (A. S. 0. B. Library.) 'By· SIR THOMAS RoE and DR. JoHN Statement · of Public Ferries in Bengal. FRYER. London. 1873. ' 1864. Chapter Vll, p. 458. Collections of the (W. B. S. Library.) coins, weights and precious stones. Un­ Sankhya-Pariman or Indian weights and usual in those places of trade within the Measures. By GOPALBHATTA. • Charter of the Honourable East India Selections from the Records of the Bengal Company. . · Government No. XLI. On Publications Travels in the Mogul Empire. By FRANCIS in .the Bengali Language. BERNER. Translated from the French Silk in India. Compiled by J. GEOGHEGAN. by Irving Brock. In two volumes. • . (W. B. S. Library.) London. 1826. Travels of · Ludovico di Varthema, The. pp, 181...:..200. Articles of trade men­ A. D. 1503 to 1058. London, 1863. 8• tioned are: Rice, Sugar, Sweetmeats, LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA. . Fruits, Wheat, Meat, Fish, Cotton, Sundarbans Forest Division. (A) True and almost incredible Report of By J. A. PILGRIM. Calcutta. 1920. · an Englishman that (being cast away (W. B. S. Library.) in the good ship called the Assention in Tussur-Silk, Bengal. Cambaya, the farthest part of the East (W. B. S. Library.) Indies) travelled by Land thorow many Tabakat-i-Nasiri: A General History of the unknowne k.ingdomes, and great cities. Muhammadan Dynasties of Asia, in­ With a particular descr~ption of all those cluding Hindustan, from A. H. 194 (810 Kingdoms, cities, and people. By A. D.) to A. H. 658 {1260 A. D.) By CAPTAIN ROBERT COUERT. London. 1631. THE MAULANA, 'MINHAJUD-DIN, ABU­ Pp. 36-37. 'UMAR-I-'USMAN. " Merchandize from a farre country: as Translated from Original Persian Manus- from Chyna, Bengalla...... " cripts. By H. G. RAVERTY. London. Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry, A. By 1881. J. R. PARTINGTON. London. 1944,. 5th P. 93n. 9. Edition. P. 203n. 1. P. 957. On Iron. 496 BIBLIOGRAPHY Travels of Ludovico di Varthema in Egypt, ·. London, 1811. 8°. BY. ' ·VISCOUNT Syria, Arabia deserta and Arabia Felix, VALENTIA. ' ' ·· in Persia, India and Ethiopia. (National Library, 61. B. 121.) AD 1503 to 1508. Translated from the Voyages;: contenant la description des etats original Italian edition of 1519, with a du Grand Hogol. With Map and Plate. Preface, BY JOHN WINTER JONES and 2 Vols. 12 · mo. Aamsterdam, 1724, Br. edited, with notes and an Introduction, FRANCIS BERNIER. . BY GEORGE PERCY BADGER with a (A. S. 0. B.' Library) map. Voyages . des Indes Orientales mele de London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, plusieurs histoires curieuses. · · 2 Vols. in 1863. one. 32mo Paris 1699. BY LEON CARRE. Introduction. P.Ixiii; P. lxxx-lxxxii- (A, S. 0. B. Library) P. 210.-The chapter concerning the city Voyages de N. de Graaf aux Indes Orientales of Banghella, and of its distance from ' et en ' d'antres lieux de 1'Asie. With Tarnassari. Plates. · 12mo. Aamstei:dam, · 1719. Also see toot note No a- N. DE GRAAF. ' .. 'I quotations from Ramusio, Greene, Pin­ '- (A. S. 0, B. Library) kerton, Mandelslo; etc., P. 212. Cotton, Voyages en Asie, Les, au xive siecle du Sugar, names of Cotton-stuffs. ·· brienheureux Frere Odoric de Pordenone, P. 212.-The Chapter concerning some Religieux de Saint-Francois; ·'BY · HENRI .. Christian merchants in Banghella. ·CoRDIER •.. Paris: M. D ..CCCXCI. .With Useful Plants of India, The. a map." Alphabetically arranged, with botanical des­ P. · 104, 105; · 108, 180, · 189. On ·ancient criptions, vernacUlar synonyms, and Kingdom· of Champa. · notices of their economical value in Voyage from England to India, A. in the Commerce, Medicine, and the Arts. year 1754, and an Historical Narrative Compiled from various sources, BY of the operations of the squadron and HEBER DRURY. ·Army in India~ under the command of P. 539.-Index of Hindustani and Bengali Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, synonyms. Madras, 1858. . in the years 1755-57, including a corres­ Viaggi o di M. Cesare de i Fedrici, nell' pondence between the Admiral and the India orientale et oltra l'India. Nabob Serajah-Dowlah. Also a· journey Venice: 1587. • from Persia to ·England by an unusual Fedrici visited Izidia around 1567 and route. With an · appendix. With a probably came to Beng,al in the same chart, Maps and Plates, · 4to. London: year. 1773. BY E. IVES. - See pp. 90-93.-Bengala-Satagan. Voyage dans l'Inde, pendant les aunees 1828 P. 143, pp. 147-50.-Bengala-Chitigan. a 1832.. 4 V'ols. of Text and 2 Vols. of (See the Dutch translation above.) Plates. 4to. Paris, '1841: · P. 91.-Nel porto di Satagan si Carcaro Voyage on Bengale, BY . CHARPENTIER ogrianno trenta et trentacinque vas­ CossiGNY. In two volumes. Maps. cell, tra nane et nanilij, di risi, di T. 1. Avertisement: 1-viii. pp. 1-31'1. panni di varie forti di bombaso, Lacca, T. 11. pp. 1-311. Observations sur. grandissima quantita de Zuechari, Le Voyage par le cap de Bonne-Esperance, Zeuzari et Mirabolani secchi et conditi, a Batavhl, a Bantum et. au Bengale, en penere Iongo, buttiro assai & ogliodi 1768, 1769, 1770 et 1771 par. J. S. Zerzelin et molte altre mercantic. La STAVORINUS, Traduit par. ·H. J. dtta 'di satagan e honestamente bella JANSEN. . per citta di Mori & e molto abandante. Voyage du Bengale a Petersbourg, Par feu Viaggio dell lndie Orietali, di GASPARO BALBT Georges Forster. Traduit de I'Anglais, (1579-1588) .. Venice, MDXC. P. 147. avee des additions considerables et une View of the Rise, Progress and Present State Notice Chronologique des Khans de of the English Government in Bengal crrmee, d'apres les ecrivains turks, Including a Reply to the Misrepresenta­ Persans, etc., par, L. LANGLES. In three tions of Mr. Bolts, and other writers. volumes. Paris.· Vol. pp. 5-14. Im­ BY HARRY VERELST, London: 1772. portance of Bengal commerce. P. 84. Chapter III.-The Money and Coinage \ P. 20.-The Ganges. of Bengal. P. 12.-The revenue income. Also see note 1. P. 105. Chapter IV.-The Society established (A) Voyage to the East Indies: Containing in the year 1765, for conducting the an account of the manners, customs, Trade in Salt, Beetle-nut, and Tobacco. etc., of the Natives, with a Geographical Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Description of the country. Collected Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 4 Volll. from observations made during a Resid- 497 9 CENSUS 63 BIBLIOGRAPHY ~nee of tl)irteen years, between 1776 and toiles qui servent ordinairement a faire 1789, in districts little frequented by the des emballages; du miel et de la eire, EQ.ropeaJ?,If. J3J' I'RA PAPLINO DA SAN desquelles marchandises on en fait le J3ABTOJ.OMEP witb notes and illustra­ retour en poivre, en canelle et en cafie, tion!!. J3J' ,JQ!JJi J:tEJNHOLD FORSTER que les Vaisseaux Maures apportent de translated from the Germ11n. BY Moca.''- Thus the commercial goods of WILLIAM JoHNsToN, London: M. DCCC. Bengal came to Surat for export to Arab '/!'. ;i!h-" The province of Bengal alone and other Medeterrean countries. Note brf.ngs t}lem !in· 11nnual lncome of above the barter system. three milUons 11terUngs '~ , . , ••• P. 210 and 255 .....,..Coins. Also about the P, 89-·-" This immense sum was exported bankers. .. (referring to :aepgal goods on board of P. 232.-.The Armenian merchants. JJ:ngUs}l ships to the value of above three J:'. 234.-Names of cotton and silk stuffs of million ·sterling) too at a time w;ben the Cassimpji,Zar. English wtere involved in a war with P. 245.-cauris. the Indian princes . . , . • P. 247.-" De Bengale on peut encore aller Their great revenues will and must infallibly trafiquer ·a la Cote Coromande)le, ou on decrease hereafter 1 for in the first place, y porte des ar:moisins ; les rouges y font the natives are too mucb oppressed ; plus de vente ...... " ct. aussi the secondly: In a State of continual war­ voyages ot Verthema. fare and plundering agriculture is neg- . P. 256 ..,..Encore-" 4es pieces d'or qu'on lected : thirdly: Trade and manu- appelle coupans, qu-~ valent dix-neuf . factures decline : fourthly : the country roupies et H y a aussi des demi-­ is ruined by monopolies ; tifthly: An coupans, qui ne yelent que neuf l'!t demi- · immense quantity of specie Jlas been roupies ; ces pieces s'appellent co~pans, prawn • trom it of late years ; and · at parce qu'elles· tout l!mgues et si plates Present mucJ) fewer rupees aQd pagodas qu'PQ. pnurroit pouper et c'est par allu­ are seen in circl¥ation than formerly " sion a notre langue qu'on les appelle (alsQ see ~he ;F~encb translatio;q from ainsj," · the Italian · of the same work with the P. 217.-ExchaQge. Cp;uged by the local pbservations o.f Anquetil qu rerron, banlters, · J. R. 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Commerce des Indes Orientales "..,..,the Voyages de NICOr.AS :Pe a~ ~u~ Indes latter contains a good information of OrJeiJ.tales, et ell d'autres lieu~ de l'Asie Commerce as carried on in I;qdia and depuis 1639 jufiqiJ.'en lij87. Avec une particularly in West Bengal during :t:telation curieusl'! de lfl vUle de ~atavia, 17/18th century. Also · see p, 242- et des lYioeurs, et du Cpmmerce des " Comme c'est de Ben~~:ale d'ou .. l'on li9118Qs:lois ~tflpljs d~ms les Jndes, tire le plus de marchandises, et ol) le ris Aamsterdam: 1719, pp. H5, ~09, ~47. yient en plUS grande abondance a l!aUSO (A) Vpyage ip the II1!:lifl.ll Q(!ean fllld to des pluyes continuelles qu'l. y fait Bengal, pndertaken in · tpe years 1789 pendant qutre mois, c'est de ce Ueu d'ou and n90. BY ~- p~ GR4NPPR~· partent les Vaisseaux pour aller A Achen London: 1803, In twp volllmes. Vol. II, . et n y peu qui partent d' autres endroits." · pp, 81-91. 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By JADU­ Cotton. By E. R. WATSON. NATH SARKAR. 509 A sbart treatise on Du .lanic"s famous book Prachin Bharati;ya Silpey Arnabapot. B)' entitled • L "Histoire des choses plus Rum& KmmD MVEliEBlEL :memorablas •• etc. Pravasi Asarl1 1317 B.S. P. nL Pra-vasi &ar.m 1328 B.S. P. 5ZS.. Bangadesbiya Ka1i:poy Udvider Bicharan SeJra1w Bazar Dar. By ~ KabiDi By Nnwwr C'm:!mR.A. Blu.rn­ B!DYAPAD!U.TA. CH&lUEE.. Pravasi Sn.Yan 1321 B.S. P. 528. Pravasi Sl'avan 1317 B.S. P. 380.. Bami a shod essa.y on the Bamis. Sandwiper Pmmal-Briskha· 0 Pmmal-Taila.. Pravasi. Bbadra 1328 B.S. P. 63L By !.lwun'All AJNFD BaD,..-.ilir Itihash. By AxiJLTA Caapay Pravasi Baisbak 1315 B.S. P. 20.. Bl:DTABHDS&Y.. Panduar Kirtichinha.. By As!moY KlllooWl Pmeeeffinp of the Asiatic SocietY ~ 1858.. J.hJTRAYA. P. 1.23- Pravasi Bhadra 1314 B.S. Pp. %71-%'13.. Rem:uks on e1ephanls. By V. BuL. DbaJrar Bastrabyahasay. Proeeedings of 1he Asiatic Soc:iely. J')erember Pravasi FbaJgun 1313. B.S. P. 61L 1861. P. 26!.. Silpa-Samitir Prabandbabali (appeared l\'bat was lhe Sundarban originally. and wbeD. seriaDJ').. and wberefore did it·assnme its exisfin• Pravasi &avan 1313 B.S. P. 216. state of utter desolutiou.. By H. .l. R.u::sEr. Deshiya Otarlra 0 Tabar Unnati. By .lOGESll Proceedings of the A.siatic SocietY- l.larch Cll. BAY. 186&. P. 85.. Pnvasi. .laistha 1316. P. 85.. Ur.. Cameg:J"s Queries regarding races of Khejur Gur. India. Pravasi Baishak 1.324 B.S. P. 56. Proo eedings of the Asiatic Society of Ben..coal. (Gur Byabasay). By .lOGESH Cll. BAY. l.larch 1868. P. "i9. Pravasi Chama 132S B.S. P. 531. Iran eage found in Faridpur. Blshnupur with illustrations.. Paris UnNasai E:dlibitioo of urza. Pravasi Sl'avan 1322 B.S. P. 537. Band-Book to lhe British IDdian Sedioa.. B)' Bangalar Itihas.. By .lADUD.m: SnnR A GmBGE C. II.. BIBwooD (second editioo). review of Bakbaldas Banejee's book Pp. 20-33-'Ibe Antiquil;:r of the IDdian entitled BaDc,aalar Itihasb.. Trade. Report Oil the Internal Trade of Bengal for ' Pp. 36-01-'Ibe B.ou1es of IDdian O:m­ the year 1881~ • IDE!I'Ce. Published by 1he Govt:mment of Beu,gal: Pp. 93-108-CoUDns and silks. Calcutta 188%. Pamphlet 011. Indigo. By GFoBcv. WAft. P. 84.. Goor or umeiined SDgar from date . (W. B. s. Libnuv) juice. Pnvasl Clailra 1311 B. s. Pp. 60()..6(n. P. 8&. Tobacm (Dhala [fhe damaged or Pous Sankranti. tom. leaves] Pulo [OI'dinary tobacxo]; Pransi !l.agh '1311 B.S. P. 390. Jdagai). BaDger Pous-Sankranti. Appendix AP. iii-List showing the Pravasi Kartick 1311 B. S. P. 9-l. valuation of an articles ot trade adopt­ Dadbi. ed in registeriDg 1raffic on trade routes. ~ PbaJgun 1311 B.S. P. U3. Appendix P. iv (ConcbJded)..-statement Pous-Sankranti. sbowillg the avera..c>e retail prices of Pravasi AgrabaJ-an 1318 B.S. P. m. food-grains in Ben..cral during the year Kar.mja Briskha 0 Karania Taila. By So..a.r 1881, as mmpared with those of the CiwmBA Si:nAL.. three previous }'eai'S. Pravasi Aswin 1318 B.S. P. 668.. Apprendi% B.P. v.-Traffic eanied by Kbejurer chasb. By SulAr Ounn SAYnr.. country boats and carts. Pl'avasi Bhadra 1311 B.S. P. 486. Also see 1he statement .Nos.. llA; DI; IV. llatsn Raskbar Bi:rinna Padhati. By Deports and Doorments CIDDDEded with the G. N. 'BoY. Proceedings of the East India Co.. in Pravasi Aswin 1311 B.S. P. 66S.. regard to the mlture and manufacture of VabanaNk Budhagupla. By Bnnnnas Cotlon-Wool, Baw Silk and lndjgo in BasDunr.. IDdi.a. Pr-avasi Uagh 1317 B.S. P. 43L (W. B. S. Libra.ry) lksbu Clash. By GnrnrnB• ldomlr Report on the Statistics of the Beerbhoam UlXBERIE:E.. District. By .l. Gmc;;mx;u. Caleutta Pravasi Phalgun 1311 B.S. P. 5!7. 1874. Kbedda ba Bau..Tahasti Db.aribar Pranali. Report on the A.kobolie ~ and Acidit1 By Pmn RDnY Sl!:sccrn.. of Fresh Tari and Fen:nented Tari in Pravasi Aswin 1317 B.S. P. 557. Bengal. :Eastern BeDDl and Assam in 1-tsbing. By RniPlwr Gmn.. .January and~ 1909.. By R. L. Ptai'asi Baisbaka 1317 B.S. P. '17. .lEDS. Calcutta 1910. 510 BIBLIOGRAPHY Report on an enquiry into the Silk Industry Chand Sadagar 0 Raja· Gopichimdra: By in mdia. Vol. I. By H. MAXWELL­ SIVA CHANDRA SIL. LEFROY. Sahitya Parishat Patrika 1327 B.S. P. 94-12'1. The Same. Vol. II. By E. C. ANSORGE, I.C.S. On some aspects of Bengali Life. By PRAVASH Calcutta 1917. C!iANDRA SEN •. Report of the Existing Arts and Industries Sahitya Pat'ishat -Patrika. No. 1. 1330. ·B.S. in 'Bengal. By E. W. CoLLIN. Calcutta. P. 19. 1890. Pavan Duter Bejoypur Kothay? By NIKHIL Appendix I contains a· list of minor indus­ NATH ROY. tries. P. 33. Sahitya Parisha~ P~trika 1323 ·B.~. No. 3 .. Report on the Fish and Fisheries of the Fresh P. 179. waters of India. By FRANCIS DAY. Uropiya Sikhita Prachinatama Bangla.Pustak. Simla: 1871. By SusHIL KUMAR DEY. · Report on the Sea Fish and Fisheries of India Sahitya Parishat Patrika 1341 B.S. . PP. 139- and Burmah. By FRANCIS DAY. Calcutta 192. . . 1873. 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Returns relat- · Uttarrareh Sen-Rajdhani. ing to Publications in · the Bengali Sahitya Parisat Patrika No. I. 1315 B.S. Language. in 1857. Silk in Irldia. Com­ P. 15. ·. . piled by J. GEOGHEGAN.·. Saptagram. By RAKHALDAS BANERJEE. Sacred Charik of India, ·The: a Monograph of Sahitya Parisat Patrika 1304 B.S. P. 159. the Indian Conch' (Turbinella Pyrum). • Banglar Prachin Bhutatwa. By PRAFULLA By JAMES HORNELL. . CHANDRA BANERJEE. Madras 19I4.. :p.J.ustrated 'with 18 Plates. Sahitya Parisat Patrika 1304 B.S. P. 47. . Sahitya Patra Sravan· 1357 B.S. Pp. 32-39. Banglar Pratnatatwa. By PRAFULLA CHANDRA Bangalir ltihasli•. BY HIRENDRA NATH MuKHO- BANDYOPADHYA. PADHYAY a review of Nihar Ranjan Ray's Sahitya Parishat Patrika '1907. No. 4. P. 193. Bangalir Itihash, Adi,.Parva. Rarigamati Ba Karnasubarna. . By NIKHii:..­ Udayan, Jaistha 1339 B.S. NATH ROY. ·Banglay Aryya Savyata Bistar. By PROBODH Sahitya Parishat Patrika 1345 B.S. CHANDRA SEN.· ' . " Kalikata " Namer Utpatti.. 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Geography of Ancient Bengal . I. By P. 65. PROBODH CH. SEN. Sunnapura. By JoGESH CHANDRA RoY. Visva-Bharati Quarterly, November 1947. Sahitya Parishat Patrika 1327 B.S. No. 4. Geography of Ancient Bengal II.. By PROBODH · P. 157. CHANDRA SEN. 511 9 czwsus 66 BIBLIOGRAPHY POSTSCRIPT TO BmLOGRAPHY OF .BOOKS, ETC.· . (The following additional information· was collected since the book went to press) (The) Ancient Khmer Empire. By LAWRENCE (The) Invasion of _India. By ~Alexander ~he p LMER BRIGGS Published by the Great as descnbed by Arr1an, Q. Curtms, AA rican Philos~phical Society: 1951 Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin. By J. W. p.maea. ' M'CRINDLE, .w~stminster: ~~9~, P~ 310. P. 106.-The influence of the Mahajana The Gandantru and the Praislru. hool of thought over the Maharajas Karpass: By SATYA RANJAN SEN. sc . (S t ) MUNTAKHABH-T-TAWARIKH. By ABDU- of Sallendra Dynasty . uma ra . L-QADIR IBN-1-MULUK SHAH, known P. 228.-Exodus of ~ud~st ~onks from as AL-BADAONI, Vol. I. Translated Bengal . to S ..E. Asia In the Sth from the original Persian and edited by · . century. .. . George S. A. RANKIN, Calcutta: 1818. Bangia Desher Gachpala. By Kablraj INDU P. 81 n. 2.-Invasion of Bengal in 596 BHUSAN SEN, A.H. By BAKHTYAR KHILJI. Banglar Mati. By J~I RAN~AN. MAJUMDAR. P. 82. n.n. 3 & 4.-Lakshmanawati and (A) Chinese Biographical Dictionary. By Nudiya. HERBERT GILES: Lond~n:. 1898.. P. 300 ...;_How with the tramp of the- Correspo~dance du conse1l sup':r1eur .de Bengal elephant~ a new palace fell. PondlChery, et d~ la Compagnie pubhee Xlso see n. 3 of the same page which avec introduction par. By ALFRED. gives a different version attributing to MARTINEAU. Tome 1 (1726-1730). Pp.. , the fall of the palace. l-42-Int~oduction. (The) Nabobs-a study of the social life of (A) Collection of papers, relative to Ship the English in .eighteenth century in Building in India, with descriptions of India. By T. G. P. SPEAR. 0. U. P., 1932. the' various Indian woods employed there- Pp. 1-22-The Early settlements to 1750. in, their qualities, uses and value; a~so Pp. 149-174-Notes in details on each a Register comprehending all the sh1ps chapter." Contain a good bibliography. and vessels built in India to ·the present Pp. 175-177.-Appendix A-sketch of the· time ; with many other particulars Political History of India in the respecting Indian shipping, and the Ex- eighteenth c~ntury. · ternal Commerce af Bengal. , Compiled Pp. 198-204.-Appendix E-European and ·by JoHN PHIPPS: Calcutta: 1840, Indian mutual opinions. · (The) Cyciopaedia of India and of Eastern Pp. 205-210.-Appendix F-List of re- and Southern Asia. By EDWARD BALFOUR cords, manuseripts and printed books in three volumes. Vol. I.-A-GYRo- consulted. . CARPUS, 3rd editiol1, London: J885. PQ, On 'Yuan Chwahg's Travels in India. B! 392-401-Boats and Ships. Pp. 827-28- ·' THOMAS WATTERS. Vol. II: London: Cotton. Vol. II, P. 37~Bengal Iron. · 1905. . . . . P. 1022-Muslin. P. 189.-Tan-mo-lip-ti (Tamralipti). Drugs in Commerce. By JoHN HUMPHREY, P. 191.-Karnasuvarna. London:• p. 19-Butea seeds and Gum. Op-en ondergang van Cormandel. By Palas · is also known as Dhak. Hence DANIEL HARVART: Aamsterdam: 1693. Dhaka or Dacca. (See Indian Companion P. 121.-" Tot in bet Jaar 1658 of daar. -p. 117 .) . Butea gum 'is also known as outrent heeft Bengala onder de bestie­ "Bengal Kino"· Also see p. 72. ring van Cormandel gestaan, en nader­ (A) Few Words on the Present state anc! hand, ·om dringende rendenen . eeu Future Prospects of Serlculture Jn epgen Directem gekregen, zo dat ~e Bengal. By J. A. H. Louis, Calcutta: beer cit de laatste geweest is, d1e . 1882. Pp. 30-33-Appendix;. Contains a · Cormandel, en Bengala te gelijk besti­ good list of books on silk mostly written · ·erd heeft." · in French. · Physical Feature cf Ancient Bengal. By (A) Geographical Account of Countries rouhc! R. C. MAJUMDAR, and D. R. BHANDARKAR, the Bay of Bengal (1669 to 1679). By Volume, pp. 341-364. (The) Portuguese in India. By FREDERICK THQMAS BOWREY, Pp. 131-220. Bengala. CHARLES .DANVERS: Vo). 1. London: Pp. 216-17-coins, Pp. 217-18-Weights. 1894. (The) Geographical Dictionary of Ancient P. 341.-1518 A.D. Joao Silveira pro­ and Mediaeval India. By NUNDQLAL Dn. ·ceed to Bengal where he was joined 2nd Edition. Luzac & Co., London: 1927. by Joio CoelhQ. · Indian Tariff Board. Match Industry, Vol. I. Silveira failed to accomplish his object Govt. of India: 1928. of effecting a trade with Bengal. Indigenous Drugs of India. By J. C. GHOSH, P. 358.-1524 A. D. Camphor was im· · Calcutta; . 1940. ported into Benial · from BOrneo, (;12

.j' BIBLIOGRAPHY P. 422.-1537-38 A. D. About this time Translated by L. LANGLES: Paris: i 796. attempt:; were made to extend Portu­ P. 513.-A short notice ot the "Grammar guese influence in Bengal. of the Bengali Language " by HALHED. (The) Prakritibada, or an illustrated Etymo­ " Cette langue (i.e., Bengali) est meme logical Dictionary of the Sanskrit and aussi ne cessaire que le · persan pour Bengali Languages. By RAMKAMAL traiter avec les officiers et magistrats BIDYALANKAR: 6th Edition, Calcutta: du Gouvernnement moghol, lequel ne 1911. See Parishistha-Drabyagnna­ promulgue presqu'aucune acte en bhidhan. persan, sans y joindre une traduction (The) Rise of Portuguese Power in India, bengale ". This is said to be the (1497-1550). By R. 5. WHITEWAY, West­ opinion of Hal,hed. minster: 1899. (A) Voyage from England to India in the Tant 0 Rang. By TRAILOKYA NATH BASU. year 1754. By EDWARD IVEs. Published from Rautbhog, Dacca in Chaps. VIII, IX, X, XI.-An historical 1939. account of the Period. Textile Dyeing. By C. C. 'GHOSH. Bulletin Chaps. XII.-Description of Argill, and of No. 56. Industries Department. B. S. the Arica, Chulta, Mango, Tatoon and Book Depot, 1933. Russa trees. Account of coins at (A) Treatise on Mango. By PROBODH Bengal. CHUNDRA DE: Calcutta: 18Q7. P. 186.-Cowry. "4000 to 4800 Cowries Tular Chas. By JAMINI RANJAN MAJUMDAR: to the Rupee ". Pp. 1-44. Voyage en Moscovie, Tartarie, et Perse. A vee Voyage de Franc;ois Pyrad de Laval. In two celui de I. A. De MANDELSLO aux Indes Volumes. Vol. I. Paris: 1619. PP. 348- Orientales. Contenant une description 358-Du Royaume de Bengale et des particuliere de l'Indosthan, de !'Empire remarques d'iceluy. du Mogul, des Isles de !'Orient, du Voyages de JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER Japan, de la Chine, etc., et des resolu­ Second patrie, ou il est parle des Indes et tions qui y sont arrive es depuis quelques des Isles voisines. Paris: 1676. :;tnnees. Le tout traduit .de !'Allemand P. 259.-Weights and measures. • et augmente par A de Wicquefort, resi­ P. 260.-8ilk. dent de Brandebourg. Tome II: Paris: P. 262.-Cotton. 1659. P. 266.-Saltpetre. P. 292-1639. "Aupres d'Orixa, en P. 272.-:• Les habitants de Pegu ne s'en tirant vers le Nort, est le Royaume de servent point aux . teintures, parce Bengala qui donne le nom au Golfe, qu'on leur apporte les toiles toutes de que le~ anciens nommoient Sinus Bengala et de Maslipatam ...... ": Gangeticus. 11 s'y fait un grand tra~c P. 272.-La Gomme Laque. de ris de succre et de eaton, ma1s P. 273.-Les Sucres. principalment de soyes, que l'on estime P. 308.-The Diamond mine and the river les meilleures de toutes les Indes. GOUEL near Soumelpour (Sambal­ Les plus belles canri'es, que l'on J?-O~s pour). apporte, viennent de Bengala, ou 11 P. 309.-The Route from Agra to the <:roist aussi une aute forte de cannes, Diamond mine. qui sont bien plus fines que !'osier ; d~ P. 320.-Le GOUEL. sorte que l'on en fait des vases, qu1 The river GOUEL merges in the -estans enduits de acque par dedai!S Ganges(?). contiennent l'humidite, aussi bien et P. 320.-How diamonds are found. aussi long-temps, qu'un verre, ou qu'­ Chapitre XVIII.-" Des d\verses sortes de une gondole d'argent. II y croist aussi poids pour peser les diamans aux Mines ; une certaine· herbe, laquelle poussant des especes d'or et d'argent qui y ont au bout de sa tige, qui a un bon doigt cours ; des chemins par lesquels on s'y d'espois, un gros bouton, f?it comn:e peut rendre ; et de Ia regie que l'on fait une houpe, que l'on file et 1 on en fa~t pour savoir le prix des diamans.'' de forte belles esto!Tes. Les Portugais P. 424.-Tipra (Tipperah). l'appellent Herba de Bengala, et I'on P. 425.-The Gold mine in Tipperah. en fait des tapis et des couvertures, (Also see Travels in India by JEAN ou ils representent toutes sortes de BAPTISTE TAVERNIER. By V. figures." BALL, 2nd volume, p. 458-A Map P. 80.-a Man. showing the position of the Diamond Akaranga Sutra (Sacred Books of the East, Rivers of Bengal). series vol. XXII). Translated by HER­ Voyages de C. P. Thunbeq~ au Japaon, MANN JACOBI. par le cap de Bonne-esperance, les p. 84. The pathless country of the Ladhas Isles de Ia Sonde, etc. (Rahr). 513 66 A BIBLIOGRAPHY·· · Bengal Nawabs.· Containing Azid-il p. 157. The city Damalipta in the Suhma Husaini's Naubahari-i-Murshid Quli country. Kmni, .Karam 'Ali's Muzaffarrriimah, and p. 185. Kalinga. ' Yusuf 'Ali's .Ahwal-i-Mahabat. Jang. Fan Fan Yu-being a Chinese Dictionary of Translated into En~lish· b1 JADu NATH Indian Geographical names compiled in SARKAR. [Asiatic Society: Calcutta 1952.] • 517 A.D. from literature and accounts of ' p. 3. · " The Chowk (Market square) of travellers. The Chinese text transcribed Dacca had not been constructed in into Deva nagari and rendered into Sans­ Azam Shah's time. Nawab Murshid krit for the first time by RAGHU VIRA,. Quli Khan II has pow (1729) made the .together with restoration of Indian names Chowk so·nicely as to delight the heart. both Geograp):lical and literary. Lahore, Azam Shah,' by abolishing the octroi 1943. p. 30. Tamralipti. ·duty (mahsul) made all things· cheap. (A) History of Hindu Chemistry. From the . in the town. Betel leaf and tobacco, earliest times to the middle of the 16th · which were comparatively d~ar, were century A.D. with Sanskrit texts, variants, reduced in price (by him) . ~nd the re- translation alld illustrations. By ,P. C. . duction still continues. Grain was so RAY. cheapened that for. one-eight of a · jita1 . (A)· History of Hindu Chemistry. Vol. I, a pucca seer of rice and other kinds · Calcutta, 1902. of · grain could be. 'bought (at that (A) History of Hindu Chemistry. Vol. II. time)". Also see the foot note. 2nd Edition, Galcutta . 1925. · p. 5; " a convoy of artisans such as stone­ (A) History of Persian Navigation. By HADI cuttl'!rs. carpenters, IJ,liners, battery­ HAsAN. London. · builders, f)re-workers, water-carriers, p. 14:). "The maritime activity. of Persia, (hut) builders, farriers, surgeons (bina however,. was not confined merely to • dozan), barbers, and tailors, and provi­ the Western coast of the Indian penin­ sions of _grain, sheep, goats, ghee, etc., sula: there was an important colony of · as wen as cooked bread (nan, chapati'), Persian merchants in Bengala, the · · bread of fine flour (kalicha) and whey hononymous capital of. the Province (ponir)". . of Bengal." Bengal in the sixteenth century A.D. By J.' (also see Duarte Barbosa, and Ludovico · N. DAs GUPTA. University ·of Calcutta,. · Varthema., . , 1914. Lectures V· and VI.· Europea:Q Also see, India in the 15th century Travellers in the 16th century A.D. (Haklyut Society: 'R, H. Major) . . ~ook of the Knowledge.;--Ot all Kingdoms, . p. 143. " ...... and many stuffs from the . ,lands, and lordships. that are in the • · Kingdom of Cambay, Chaul, Dabul, and world, and the arms and devices ot each Bengala, which ar·e called Sivabases, · land and lordship's, or of the Kings and Chantars, Mamonas, Dugasas, Sora­ lords who possess them. Written by. a natis, which are kinds of stuffs of Spanish Franciscan in the middle of the cotton very much valued ...... which 14th century. Published for the first time are made use of by the Arabs and with notes by Marces Jimenez de la Persians, and people of Cairo, Aden Espada in 1877. Translated and edited and Alexandri ". by CLEMENTS MARKHAM. London: p. 146. Bengal as one of ·the cosmopolitan Printed for_ the Hakluyt Society, 1912. · ports. p. 43. The empire of Armalec (Armalec= p. 146. n. 4. a reference- to Varthema.. Bengal (?)). "Afterwards I departed The History of the Great- and Mi~htv Kingdom . from the Kingdom of Viguy (i.e., of China and the situation -thereof (16th Bijaya-nar or Narshing) and passed century). ComP.iled by the Padre JUAN · over a gulf of the Indian Sea which GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA .. London. they call the Gulf of Bengala of . the The Hakluyt Society; MDCCCLIV. - empire of Armalec, and it is tbe capital p, 322. "-From this Kingdom (i:e., Arakan) of the Kingdom". alongst the same coast, you came unto p. 44. "On leaving Java I returned to the the Kingdom ·of Vangala ...... ". Kingdom of Oxanap (Burma?) {lnd List pf Europeans and others in. the English· took 'the way of the Kingdom of Factories in Bengal at the time of the Armalec ·(Bengal) which. has extensive siege of Calcutta in the year 1756. By provinces and many cities. · S. CHARLES HILL; Calcutta, 1902. Banglar Sangit (Prachin Y~). By R.pESWAR Lac and the Lac-insect in the Atharva-Veda. MITRA, Calcutta. . . By K. N. DAVE; Nagpur, 1950. Dashakumar Charita (7th A.D.). Translated · Major James Rennell. By c.· R. MARKHAM. by A. W. RYDER, University of Chicago: London, 1895. p. 62. Champa, the Anga capital. p. 91. The section entitled, D'Anville-and p. 122 ..Pundra. . : · • Rennell. The disagreement between .. 514 BmLIOGRAPHY the two was in respect of the position M.uUMDAa. . RADHACOVDt"DA BAsAK. and of Palibothra. NA?."'COPAL .BANDUI; Vareodra Research p. 96. Judgment on the l\Iap of Hindus­ Museum, Rajshahi. tan, (also see Journal and Proceedings , . Studies in Indian Antiquities. By HEM-. of the Asiatic Spciety of Bengal, voL CHANDRA RoY CHOUDHURY, Calcutta VI, 1910 (new series) p. 543. An essay University PresS, 1932. entitled, The Rivers of the Delta by F. p. 184-192-Banga Kon Desh. The essay D. Ascoli). · · deals with (i) the extent and Position 1\Iababharata. Edited by Kaliprasanna · . of Bengal, · (ii) the Greater Vanga and Singh a, voL I: Calcutta, 1331 B.S. · lesser Vanga, (iii) the so called city p. 222. Bhima takes a hurricane campaign ''Bengal". etc. · in the land we call Bengal. Having SadiK lsfabani, died 1860 (?). (See Gabriel . killed the king of 1\lodagir (Mongher) Ferrand's Relation de voyages et T~ he fell on mighty King of the Pundras. Geographiques Arabes. Persans et Turks p. 222. Tamralipti. relatifs a l'extrem~ent du vm• au Milinda Panha (Sacred Book of the East XVIII8 siecles -pp. '559-561.) series, voL XXXVI. pL II). Oxford, 1894. (The) Suma Oriental of Tome Pires. An p. 269. Bengal in a list of maritime coun­ account of the East. from the Red Sea to tries. Japan, written in Matacca and India in Muhit. By Sm1 ALI CEI.EBI . (1554). (See 1512-1515 avd the BOok of Francisco Gabriel Ferrand's Relation de. Voyages et Rodrigues. Rutter of a voyage in the­ Textes Geographiques Arabes, Persans Red sea, nautical rules, alamanack and et Turks relatif a l' Extrem~ent du maps. written and drawn in the East VIII• au XVII• siecles) voL 2 Paris; before 1515. Traoslate«< from the Portu­ 1914, pp. .484-541. ThiS important work guese 1\fS. in the Bibliotheque de Ia oq navigation is well annotated by Chambre des Deputes, Paris, 'and edited Gabriel Ferrand). by Armando Corsesao. Nukhbat Ad-Dhar Fi Adiaib Al-Barr Wa Al­ In two volumes. Babr. By SAMS AD-DIN ABu ABDULLAH London: The Hakluyat Society, 1944..: Sun AD-DIMASKL pP.. XXIX; XXX; IXIV. (The Lisbon Ms. p. 124. On the river of Tipperah 'No. 229). (Tripura). (From G. Ferrand's Relation pp. 88-95. Bengal to Indo-China. de Voyages et. Textes Geograpbiques (Bengal-Arakan-Pegu-Siam-Burma-eambodia­ Arabas, Persans et Turks relatifs a 1' Champa-Cochin-China.) Extreme-Orient du VIII'" au XVIII• pp. 17; 42; 45. siecles, voL n, Paris 1914, p. 367). pp. 63-64: Narsinga. p. 84.-(;eylon. On the original Inhabitants of Bharatvarsa Studies in Indo-Muslim History. A critical or India. By GUSTAV 0PPERT. commentary on Elliot and Dowson's (Lex) Privileges du Commerce Francais History of India as told by its own histo-· dans l'lode. rians. By SHAHPURSHAH MoBMASJI HODI- Les Paravanas du Grand Mogol. UALA. Bombay, 1929. . Les Traitt~s avec l'Aogleterre, etc. pp. 4-6. ·About the Kingaom of Ruhmf as Par Edmund GaudarL Pondichery, 1935. described by the arab travellers (The) Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in Sulaiman and Masudi. 1541-1543, as narrated by CAsT.u."Hoso. (The) Travels ot Pedro Teixeira (1586). London: The Hakluyt Society. London: Hakluyt Society. MDCCCCII. MDCCClli. . ' . See also Biographic Universelle T- XLI. p. 206 p. 151. " ...... a woman's coif from Bengal for the life of Pedro Teixeira. Pedro and a scarlet cap, and a burnoose with Teixeira probably came to India in 1586. its veil...... ". Seep. IV. Peter Floris. His voya£e to the East Indies in p. XLVI.. " ••.... The English are cqming the globe (1611-1615). Edited by W. H. . into the south sea.....•.... have captured Moru:LA..>m. London: The Hakluyt Society. · on this coast (i.e., Goa) two of our ships that were going to Bengalla....• :". p. 132. Hans de Hase intended to plant a factory in Bengal. p. LXXXVIII. " ...... three or four ships · that were going with money ·to Relation de voyages et Textes Geographiques Bengala ...... ". · Arabes, Persans et Turks relatifs a p. 165. "Nevertheless some -ships, and Textreme-Orient du VIII• au XVIII• specially those from Cochin take it in Traduits, revus et annotes oar Gabriel as ballast, and carry it to Bengal, where F~rrand Tome deuxieme. Paris, 1914. scarcity gives it a value. For all lands Ramacharitam Sandhyakarananan Birachitam. thereabouts ~ no salt made, but in the Edited with Sanskrit Commentaries and Isle of Sundiva alone-". (See also Englis}). translation. By Messrs. R. C. Hunter's Imperial Gazetteer of India.) 515 BIBLIOOBAPHY A leU.el'. dated 29th Dec.. 1610. from fhe London: l.IDCCCLXXX. 'lbe Hak:luyt Vaceroy of Iodia replying to ooe from the Society. kiDg of Spain. refers to the revenue from • p. 130. Porto Grande in :Bengala. Pro- salt in Suodiva, which Filippe de Brito ~ Orl.ttagoog. reported. • was of .imporianc:e. and might ('lbe) Voyages of Sir .lames Lancaster to the becmne CODSiderable. Note by Donald East .Indies. (17th century). Edited by F'agusoD. C. B. MapKH&V London: "lbe Hak:lu,yt ('lbe) Travels of the Abbe Carre in India and Society. JdDCCCLXXVIL - the Near East (1672 to 161f). In thn!e p. 9. Ben.."al on the route to cape volumes. I.ondon: "lbe Jia1duyt Society. CcBnorin. p. 156.. How F.ng)isb Factories preset ved P. 85....A por1;ugueE merchant from :heir. good maoagemenL Bengala.. p. tfO FreDI:b trade with Bengal. also pp. %63-Zl'l. A Calepdar of the Ships" see p. "191. jownals preseiVed in the lndia office. Travels of Fray Sebastien ldaurique (1629- (Written within the l'lth Century). 16-13). A translatimt of the ltianario de (The) Voyage of FraDmis LeguaL London: lAs Jli.ssiOIIes OriellWes with inUOduc- "lbe Hak:luyt Societ7. MDCCCXCI. . tioo aDd DOtes by C. F.c.uollD L1JABD VoL ll. •p. 213. 'lbe ship • Beureux • assisted by H. llosrE!I S. .1. which was going to Bengal lost Dear the In two volumes.. Isle of Palms. VoL L Oxford: MCIXXVII.. pp. XIX- Va.id.J'a)tasabdasindbu or a Comprehensive LXVL Geoenl map of Jd.amique"s I.exiOOD. of Hindu Medical Terms and voyages. :from Bmne to ldanma. ete.,. names of Drugs. W"rth their synm:J.yiDS through Damascus, lspabau. Delhi.. in Latio. _ Sanskrit. Hindi. Tale.gu. Barsbapur. ete... etc. - • .Beogaii. . ete... with mpious refereoces Sedioo J---..:ourney ·to Arakan. Jda,y 1628 to. and quotations from standard -works. to AP.ri1 1637. Vei'J' well 2BDOtated. Compiled by lhi:EsHCHAlUIRA GcPrA.. Do. VoL n: Olina. IDdia. etc. Oxford: Calcutta., 1.894. llCliXXVll.. {1.bese two volumes are Catalogue of the Globe Nu:rsery. For infor- puNisJJi.d from the B.akluyt Society- mation re: -varieties of fnlits. Bowers New series.) seeds. vegetables, etc. (The) '"OTclc:."eS _ of Captain Don Felipe Report on the Button IDdustry in Ben,pl. By Gonzalez_ to Easter Island. (1770-71): ~ N~~en!:;~ !!!!litions of Loodon: "lbe B.aklu,yt Society. 1903.. labour m· the -u;~; ,.... ____.. ,...._arette p. Lii. • It was just at this time (i.e...... -.... -.a.a ...... _.. around 1761) that an ex1raordinar7 - ~ustries. By. D. V. REcE. New Delhi. report reacbed the ears of c:ertain offi- Report on the ..Besults obtained in the experi- c:ials of 1he French Government in ments for improving Sericulture in :S,.Ogal. wbo were fitting out a vessel, • Bengal. By F. D. LA.roNr. B. S. Press. for 1he Indonesian trade. ••••. -. 191-1.. • - See also n. L Science and Culture vn. Pp. 233-39. Anti- {lbe) Voyages and Works of J"ohn Davies, the qui1y of the Lower Ganges and its navigator.. Edited . by A. H. lhllKIIUI.. courses.

516 BIBLIOGRAPHY POSTSCRIPT TO BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOURNALS, MEMOIRS, ETC. (The following additional information has been collected since the main bibliograuhy went to press) Istak silpa prasar, by Nirmal Datta, Jugan­ qui venaient dans ce port (de Malaca), tar 20th April, 1953, p. 8, a short note les gens de Pace' (=Pase) et du on the brick industry. Bengale commencerent a venir faire .Journal Asiatique. Tome cxxxvi, 1948, du commerce avec ceux de Malaca . p. 11. Sur d'anciennes instructions Cf. Commentaries d' Albuquerque. nautiques arabes pour les mehs de l'Inde. T. III. Chap. XVII. By Par .J. SAUVAGET. P. 428-Il y a quatre Xabandar (exacte­ .Journal Asiatique. Tome cciv. MDCCCCX­ ment Sah-bandar, litt. "le roi du port"• XIV Avril-Juin-1924, p. 193, L'e'ye­ Cette expression persane est passee en ment persan dans les textes nautiques arabe et dans presque toutes les lan­ arabes des XVe et XVIe siecles. By gues maritimes de !'ocean indien. Par GABRIEL FERRAND. Cf. Hobson-Jobson.) de chacune des An exhaustive critical study of the · two nations suivantes: Chine, Jaoa, Cam­ arabic mss. 2292 and 2559 lying in the baya et Bengale. cf. op. cit. Bibliotheque Nationale. · Journal Asiatique, vol. 9, 1826, p. 27. Juillet, (The) Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1826. of Great Britain and Ireland (i913), Miroir des pays, ou relation des voyages 'de London: 1913. P. 127. A passage io Sidi Aly fils d' Housain, nomme ordinai­ Periplus. By J. KENNEDY. rement Katibi Roumi, amiral de Soliman Journal Asiatique. Dixieme Serie. Tome XX II, traduite sur la version allemande de Paris: MDGGGGXII. Jliillet-Aout- M. de Diez, par M. Morris (appeared 1912, p. 547. Les sources Arabes du serially). Muhit Turc. (Also see JASOB, val. III, Journal of the China Branch of the Royal 1834, p. 546. " Sidi Ali Capudon's Asiatic Society-val. XX (new series), (captain) work, according to the an­ 1885. P. 209-Article No. IX. The sea­ nouncement in its preface, has been com­ ports of India and Ceylon,' described by piled out of no less than ten Arabic Chinese voyagers of the Fifteenth cen­ works on the Geography and Navigation tury, together with an account of of India, three ancient, and seven modern Chinese · navigation. By . GEORGE ones"). PHILLIPS. Journal Asiatique. lle Serie Tome XI. Journal of the China Branch of the Royal No. 3. Mai-Juin-1918. Asiatic Society-val. XXI, Nos. 1 and 2. P. 391. Malaka, le Malayu et Malayur. (New series) 1886, p. 30. Article No. III. Par GABRIEL FERRAND. .The conclusion of the above article. Both P. 400. Un autre ouvrage du meme the articles . contain maps with key to auteur (c-a-d Ibn Madjid): the names of places on the map. " Livre des renseignements utiles · sur les Journal Asiatique N. 8erie. Tome XV. Pp. bases et les principes de la science nau­ 297-341 ; pp. 401-468. -. tique," ouvrage en prose, qui est date Les Missious de Wang Hiuen-TS'e dans 1'­ en toutes lettres de 895 de l'hegire= InQ.e. Par SYLVAIN LEVY. 1489-1490, contient au folio 74 Vo, 1.1 et Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, suiv .. des renseignements sur "le voyage Vol. XVII. Calcutta: 1949. An Early au Bengale et dans les pays ·voisins. Pak Ivory. By SHERMAN, E. LEE. The compl~te name of Ibn Madjid is: SIHAB Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, AD-DIN AHMAD IBN MADJID. He Vol.. XVII. Calcutta: 1949. P. 51-The was a muallam or· captain. About the Commercial Embroidery of Gujarat in definition of "muallam " see · Ayn-i­ the seventeenth century. By JoHN Akbari, p 406. Vasce de Gama on IRWIN. Bengal. P. 415. Lanaharas. Alsb see Memoirs of the. Asiatic Society of Bengal, Jal's Glossaire Nautique, Paris 1848, Vol. VIII (1922-1929), pp. 201-237. The second volume, p. 908. Nom d'un navire fishing methods of the Ganges. By. indien. JAMES HORNELL. P. 420-Comme le roi Parimi<;ura avait Amrita Bazar Patrika, May 15, 1953. bon caractere et traitait bien les gens Mangoes of Maida. By MUKUL GUPTA.

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Popular Book DepOt, Grant Road. & Supdt., Government Printing Stationery, Queens RoaJ. JHANSI~ Sydenham College Co-operative Stores, Ltd., go, Hornby ; .Bhatia Book DepOt, Sadar Bazar. Road. English Book DepOt. Taraporevala Sons & Co., Messrs. D. B. Thacker & Co., Ltd. Tripathi & Co., Messrs. N. M., Princess Street, Kalvadebi JODHPUR- Road. Kitab Ghar, Sojati Gate. Wheeler & Co., ?rfessrs. A. H. Mr. Dwarkadas Rathi. *For Hindi Publications only. l..lst of Agents-contd. Oxford ~k & Stationery Coy., Scindia HoWle JULLUNDUR CITY- Ram ~hna & Sons (of Lahore), 13/13, Connaught Place. Excelsior Book Depbt, Baa Baha:rwal&. ~wati .~k Depbt. 15, Lady Hardinge Road. Sikh PublishlDg House, Ltd., 7-C, Connaught Place. KANPUR- PA'riALA- Advani & Co., The l'dall. Sahitya Niietan. Jainco, Booksellers, etc.•• Bazar Shaha Nashin. Universal Book Stall, The Mall. PATNA- ~han Singh & Sons, Pirmohani, P. 0. Kadam Kuan. KOLHAPUR- Supdt., Government Printine-, Bihar, P. 0. Gulzar Bagh. Maharashtr& Grantha Bhandar. • PATNA CI"J.Y- LUCKNOW..... •Hindi Pusta.k Agency. J. Ray & Sooa (India), Ltd., Hazarat Ganj. I,akshmj Trading Co., Padri-ki-Haveli. Law Book Agency, 29-A, Kachery Road. Raghunath Parshad & Sons. New Oxford Book Co., Jehangirabad Palace. Universal Publisher Ltd., Plaza Buil~g. Hazarat Ganj •• POONA- Vpper India Publishing House, Ltd., Literature Palace, Deccan Book Stall, .Fergusson College Road. Aminuddaula Park. Express Book Service, East Street. International Book Se~ce, Deccan Gymkha~~a. LUDHIANA- Lyall Book DepOt. PUDUKKOTTAI- Mr. Dharam Prakash, B.Sc., Banjiman Road. P. N. Swaminathan Sivam & Co., Perumal Vilas, Bazar S~t. MADRAS- Divine Trading Co., 22, Namashivaya Mudali Street, RAJKOT- Triplicane. Mohan Lal Dosabhai Shah. Higginbotham&. K. Krishna.urthi, Mount Road. RANCHI- Presidency Book Supplies, 8-C, Pycrofts Road, Opposite Ideal Book Store, Near Paristhan Theatre, Main Road. Victoria Hostel, Tnplicane. Supdt., Government Press, Mount Road. -ROORKEE- Varadachary & Co., Messrs. P. Cambridge Book Depbt. MANGALORE- SHILLONG- U. R. Shenoy & Sons; Car Street. Supdt., Assam Secretariat Press. .MEERUT CANTT.- SIMLA- Mr. Dharam Prakash, B.Sc. ]". Ray & Sons (India), Ltd. Azad Kitab Mahal, Stall No. 13. MEERUT CITY- Minerva Book Shop, Regal Cinema Building. Prakash Educations Stores, Near TehlliL Sunder Das & Sons, 141, Lower Bazar. University Book Depbt, Near Tehsil. SIROHI- MYSORE- National Trading Co. J. Nanumal & Sons, Lansdowne Building. SURAT- NAGPUR- Sree Gajan Pustakalaya, Tower Road. Su¢,t., Government Printing, Central Provinces. TRICHINOPOLY FORT- .NEW DELHI- Krishna Swami & (:o., Messrs. S., Teppakulam. Amrit J3ook Co., Connaught Circus. Bhavnani & Sons, Connaught Place. TRIVANDRUM- Bodh Raj Marwah, Shop· No. 65, Pussa. Road Market. Intemational Book House, JJ, Valia Chalai. Karol Bagh. Chifton & Co., Original Road, Karol Bagh. Empire Book DepOt, 278, Aliganj, Lodi Road. tJDAIPUR- English Book Store, G-Block, Connaught Circus. • Mewar Book Depbt. Faqir Chand Marwah & Sons, No. 1-A, Regal Building, Connaught Circus. UJJAIN- Harikishan Daa Bedi, R.S. 22, Annexe Feroze Shah Road. Manakchand Book Depot, Patni Bazar. J. Ray & Sons (India), Ltd., 2, Regal Building. Jain Book Agency, Connaught Place. VELLORE- Jayna Btlok DepOt, Chapparwala Kuan, Karol Bagh. Venkatasubban, Mr. S., Law Bookseller. •For Hindi Pnblicationa only.

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