cover image: Bengal District Gazetteers. Bankura

Premium

20.500.12592/tbw6d3

Bengal District Gazetteers. Bankura

1908

These ridges are divided up by irregular patches of more recent alluvium which extend into the higher ground and form narrow strips of cultivation between the uplands: During the hot weather the dry red soil and scarcity of trees give this part of the country a scorched and dreary appearance but in the rains the fresh green of the young rice in the hollows and the foliage of the scrub-jungle for [...] In the western and southern portions of the district the country is more broken and the scenery more *Prelate to Volume IV of the Statistical Account of Henn!.4 BANKURA picturesque as the upland ridges are succeeded by low forest-clad hills and wooded glens in the south while further to the north the Susunia and Biharinath hills stand out as commanding features in the landscape. [...] Great was the consternation and terror lest the elephant should dash the boy to pieces ; but when the royal animal carefully placed the lad on the throne the whole multitude thunder-struck at seeing a deed so manifestly done by the will of God filled the place with their acclamations and the ministers agreed to crown the boy on the spot. [...] 1882."24 BANKURA to have stretched as far as the modern Damin-i-koht in the Santa! Parganas ; to the south it comprised part of Midnapore and to the east part of Burdwan ; and inscriptions found at Panchet in the Manbham district show that on the west it included part of Chota Nagpunt The term Mallabbum is said to mean the land of the wrestlers and is explained by the legend that the first Raja [...] The fourth of the line Kalu Malla defeated the neighbouring chief of Inas and annexed his territories ; the sixth Kau Malla conquered the king of Kakatia; the seventh Jhau Malla overcame other neighbouring princes; and the eighth Stir Malla subdued the Raja of Bagri (now a pargana in the north of Midnapore).
history
Pages
236
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter I Physical Aspects
1-20 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter II History
21-47 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter III The People
48-87 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter IV Public Health
88-95 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter V Agriculture
96-105 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter VI Natural Calamities
106-114 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter VII Rents Wages and Prices
115-125 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter VIII Occupations Manufactures and Trade
126-135 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter IX Means of Communication
136-141 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter X Land Revenue Administration
142-158 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter XI General Administration
159-167 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter XII Local Self-Government
168-172 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter XIII Education
173-177 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Chapter XIV Gazetteer
178-212 L.S.S. O'Malley view
Index
213-221 L.S.S. O'Malley view

Related Topics

All