Government of IndiaChota Nagpore: A Little-Known Province of the Empire
Author: Bradley- Birt, F.B.
Keywords: Chota Nagpur, Chota Nagpur Plateau, Colonial India, British Empire, Rural life, Indian villages
Publisher: Smith Elder & Co, London
Description: This book gives the author’s account of the two and a half years of his residence in the Chota Nagpur region. The region was believed to be a comparatively lesser-known province of the British Empire, and hence information about it was in demand. The chapters include legends and history of the region, races and their customs, the account of life in a Santhal village, the author’s memories of the mutiny as well as the author’s experience of the crowning of a Raja. This work is supplemented with illustrations.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Bradley- Birt, F.B. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-23T08:19:33Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-23T08:19:33Z |
| dc.description | This book gives the author’s account of the two and a half years of his residence in the Chota Nagpur region. The region was believed to be a comparatively lesser-known province of the British Empire, and hence information about it was in demand. The chapters include legends and history of the region, races and their customs, the account of life in a Santhal village, the author’s memories of the mutiny as well as the author’s experience of the crowning of a Raja. This work is supplemented with illustrations. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | 310 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Smith Elder & Co, London |
| dc.subject | Chota Nagpur, Chota Nagpur Plateau, Colonial India, British Empire, Rural life, Indian villages |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1903 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-004513 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Bradley- Birt, F.B. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-23T08:19:33Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-23T08:19:33Z |
| dc.description | This book gives the author’s account of the two and a half years of his residence in the Chota Nagpur region. The region was believed to be a comparatively lesser-known province of the British Empire, and hence information about it was in demand. The chapters include legends and history of the region, races and their customs, the account of life in a Santhal village, the author’s memories of the mutiny as well as the author’s experience of the crowning of a Raja. This work is supplemented with illustrations. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | 310 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Smith Elder & Co, London |
| dc.subject | Chota Nagpur, Chota Nagpur Plateau, Colonial India, British Empire, Rural life, Indian villages |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1903 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-004513 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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