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An Account of the District of Purnea in 1809-10

1928

Tlie following is the first of a series of four volumes to be published by the Bihar and Orissa Research Society making available for the first time (with the permission of the Secretarof State for India) the full text of the Reports relating to the districts of Bihar which along with other districts then forming part of the Presidency of Bengal were surveyed by Dr. [...] The Kosi continues for about 18 miles to form the boundary between the Company and the RajaTHE EOM of Gorkha the latter having the eastern bank and the former the western while the islands although they are of trifling value have given rise to many disputes. [...] The reason of this seems to be that all the sources of the Bhagirathi would appear to arise from the south side of the snowy mountains; whereas the Kosi not only receives the drainings from a great extent of the southern side of these alps but one of its branches the Arun passes between theirTHE K081. [...] After sending off the Kankhar the Gyanda takes the name of Haranadi; but very soon receives the drainings of a marsh called Gidhari and after sending the Baliyadahar to join the Manayen as above metioned it takes the name of Phular and runs south fourteen or fifteen miles to join the eastern branch of the Kamaleswari as lately mentioned. The right branch of the Kamaleswari turns almost [...] About two miles south from the upper end of the Kosiprasad the great river actually joins the Ganges; but as I have said before this is not admitted by the natives who call the branch on the north of Khawapur the Kosi and that on the south side of the same island is called the Bhagirathi.
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Pages
676
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145098
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i Francis Buchanan view
Frontmatter
i-iii Francis Buchanan view
Publisher’s Note
1-ii Francis Buchanan view
Part I. Topography and Antiquities
1-116 Francis Buchanan view
Part II. The People
117-280 Francis Buchanan view
Part III. Natural Productions of Puraniya
281-340 Francis Buchanan view
Part IV. Agriculture
341-514 Francis Buchanan view
Part V. Arts Manufactures and Commerce
515-596 Francis Buchanan view
Appendices
597-i Francis Buchanan view
Backmatter
i-xlvii Francis Buchanan view

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