The break in the connection between the Rajmahal and Assam hills which gave an opening for the eastward flow of the Ganges is comparatively recent."1: RAMGARH HILLS In the south-east of the Dumka subdivision south of the Brahmani river there is a small range of hills known as the Ramgarh Hills. [...] The valley of the Barakar separates the south-west of the district from the Chota-Nagpur plateau but here also the inclination is to the south-east and the Ajai and Mor with their numerous tributaries carry the drainage of the western half of the district not into the Barakar but into the Bhagirathi below Murshidabad. [...] BRAHMANI The Brahmani rises in the west of the Dudhua hills in the north of the Dumka subdivision and flowing through Pharasemul and Sankara form the southern boundary of the Dumka Damin. [...] in the hills in the vicinity of Saldaha in the lower hills near Narganj and Bokrabandh at Churli Pahar near Chandra in the Godda Damin and at the base of the hills to the west of Hiranpur in the Pakaur Damin. [...] On the subject of the hot winds the following remarks of Captain Sherwill are of interest : "A spectator standing at midday during the hot weather in any of the parganas that lie to the eastward of the Rajmahal Hills may distinctly observe the termination of the hot winds and the commencement of the humid atmosphere of Bengal.
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Preface
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i-ii | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter I Physical Aspects
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1-27 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter II History
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28-72 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter III the People
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73-105 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter IV the Santals
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106-180 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter V Public Health
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181-186 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter VI Agriculture
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187-201 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter VII Natural Calamities
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202-209 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter VIII Forests*
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210-218 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter IX Rents Wages and Prices
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219-233 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter X Mines Manufactures and Trade
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234-245 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter XI Means of Communication
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246-249 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter XII Land Revenue Administration
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250-268 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter XIII General Administration
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269-280 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter XIV Local Self-Government
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281-283 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter XV Education
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284-287 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Chapter XVI Gazetteer
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288-342 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Appendices
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343-404 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |
Index
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405-415 | L.S.S. O’Malley | view |