The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India [5 volume set]

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22 x 14 cm. Octavos. Complete five volume set. 560pp 53pp, 581pp, v 582-1019pp 30pp, xxxii 350pp, xxxii 351-713pp [1]. Originally published in three volumes in 1838, this being a reprint. Illustrations including maps and some fold-outs. Navy cloth in dust jackets. The jackets are quite varied in condition with large tears and pieces missing from the jackets of volume 1 and 5. Volume 5 jacket in multiple pieces. Some rubbing to edges of cloth. Comprises volumes 11-15 of Studies in Indian History. From the jacket flaps: "The Survey of the districts of Bihar, Patna, Shahabad, Bhagalpur, Rungpur and Assam, forming the Eastern part of India and containing upwards of 70,000 square miles was undertaken and partly executed by Dr. Francisis Buchanan, on the orders of the East Indian Company in 1806. The collected material of the Survey which could not be completed by the learned scholar was deposited with East India House and it might have remained there forever had not Mr. Montgomery Martin approached the authorities and obtained permission to examine the manuscript. The examination convinced Mr. Martin of the richness of the material and enormity of the subject and he undertook to complete the survey which took him seven long and labouring years. The whole survey of the Eastern India, the kind which has never been attempted eversince, was completed by Mr. Martin in five volumes, covering every aspect of life the people lived, which includes varied subjects such as topographical account of each district, the condition of the inhabitants, their religions and customs, animals, vegetables, minerals, forests, mines, quarries, agriculture, the fine arts including paintings, architecture, dance, and drama. N° de ref. del artículo 72909

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