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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I.—History Literature &c. 1875

1875

Now the former always remaining white and fresh for many days and the latter turning black almost immediately the greater following took the former path which led them out into the plains of Asfi► the latter and lesser number settled in the hills and hence the numerical superiority of the " Tephinuis " or " TThis is the outline or a very long disconnected phrimas" (men of Asim). [...] In their ears they wear several kinds of ornaments but among the handsomest is the one formed of a boar's tusk behind the lobe of the ear fixing on and forming the sheath to the stem of it peculiar button-like rosette worn in front of the ear. [...] It terminates to the eastward on the Kadifibi spur thrown oft' from the high north-east extremity of the Barritil and this spur coincides with the great east uthrow of the Sub-llinuilayan rocks composing the highest part of that range and this I believe is a great north-north-west—south-south-east dislocation in the mountain muss marked by the course and gorge of the Zu►ja. [...] From this the elevated out-crop of these sandstones tends to south and is continuous south of the Barak in that direction right away into Manipur conforming with the change in the strike of all the ridges the parallelism of which is such a conspicuous feature of the physical geography. [...] To the north-north-west the great change in this moutain system is marked by the broad re-entering arm of the Dhansiri and the sudden appearance of the granitic series in force in the Mikir and Rengma Ni g.1 Hills seen iu the bed of the Nambor and which becomes the principal feature eastward as far as the Giro Hills.
history
Pages
104
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Rough Notes on the Angámi Nágás and Their Language.—by Captain John Butler B.S.C. Political Agent Nágá Hills Asam
307-346 The Philological Secretary view
An Account of the Maiwár Bhils.—by T.H. Hendley Surgeon Jaipur Agency Rájputáná
347-388 The Philological Secretary view
Popular Songs of the Hamirpur District in Bundelkhand N.W.P.—by Vincent A. Smith B.A. B.C.S.
389-392 The Philological Secretary view
Index to Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal for 1875 Part I
393-404 The Philological Secretary view
Backmatter
i-vi The Philological Secretary view

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