The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India: In Relation to their Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Fine Arts, Population, Religion, Education, Statistics, etc.

Robert Montgomery Martin

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139198653

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Volume 3: Puraniya, Ronggopoor, and Assam
Robert Montgomery Martin

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: May 2013
Print publication year:: 2012
First published in:: 1838
Online ISBN:: 9781139198653
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139198653

Subjects:: Area Studies, South Asian History, Geography, British History after 1450, Historical Geography, Asian Studies, History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History

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In 1807, the Directors of the East India Company ordered a survey of the nine districts, covering 60,000 square miles and containing 15,000,000 British subjects, which formed the Eastern territories of British India. In this three-volume work, published in 1838, Irish civil servant and author Robert Montgomery Martin (1801–68) compiled and collated the original survey material at East India House to describe the geography, geology, meteorology, natural history, agriculture and manufactures, population, history, architecture, fine arts, religion and education of this huge area. Martin, the first colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong, founder of the East India Association, author of History of the British Colonies (1834–5), and later publisher of the Duke of Wellington's despatches, carried out his work to alert the British public to the growing social and political problems he perceived in India. Volume 3 covers the districts of Puraniya (now in Bihar), Rangpur, and Assam.

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The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India

In Relation to their Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Fine Arts, Population, Religion, Education, Statistics, etc.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

INTRODUCTION
pp iii-xxix

CONTENTS
pp xxx-xxxi

STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE DISTRICTS OF PURANIYA, AND RONGGOPOOR
pp xxxii-xxxiii

For Montgomery Martins Edition of the Official Survey of Purainya
pp xxxiv-xxxiv

BOOK I - DISTRICT OF PURANIYA

CHAP I - Topography, Soil, Elevation, Rivers, Lakes, &c
pp 1-35

CHAP II - History of Puraniya, etc., and Topography of each Division
pp 36-85

CHAP III - Population of the District, &c.
pp 86-127

CHAP IV - Education, Religion, Castes, and Customs of the People of Puraniya
pp 128-183

CHAP V - Natural Productions of Puraniya
pp 184-209

CHAP VI - Agriculture of Puraniya
pp 210-280

CHAP VII - Farms, Rents, Tenures, &c.
pp 281-313

CHAP VIII - Arts, Commerce, &c
pp 314-350

BOOK II - DISTRICT OF RONGGOPOOR

CHAP I - Extent, General Appearance, Soil, Rivers, Meteorology, &c
pp 351-402

CHAP II - General View of the History op Ronggopoor
pp 403-421

CHAP III - Topography and Antiquities of the Divisions of Ronggopoor
pp 422-479

CHAP IV - On the Population of the District, and the Causes which operate on its Increase or Diminution
pp 480-486

CHAP V - Condition and manner of Living
pp 487-567

CHAP VI - Natural Productions op Ronggopoor
pp 568-595

CHAP VII - Vegetable Kingdom
pp 596-599

BOOK III - DISTRICT OF ASSAM

CHAP I - Extent, General Appearance, Soil, Rivers, Meteorology, &c
pp 600-625

CHAP III - Rivers of Assam
pp 643-659

CHAP III - Commerce of Assam, adjacent Territories, &c.
pp 660-681

CHAP V - Of the Garos
pp 682-696

APPENDIX

BOOK I - PURANIYA
pp 697-706

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