Statistical Survey of the District of Behar and the City of Patna

This material is held atRoyal Asiatic Society Archives

Scope and Content

The Statistical Survey of the District of Behar and the City of Patna consists of 2 volumes. The first contains:
* Book I: Topography and Antiquities of Behar and Patna (470 pages)
* Book II: People of Behar and Patna (257 pages)
The second volume contains:
* Book III: The Natural Production of Behar and Patna (167 pages)
* Book IV: State of Agriculture in Behar and Patna (211 pages)
* Book V: An Account of the Commerce in Behar and Patna (1198 pages)
* Index to the Map (137 pages)
* Index of native words of Behar and Patna (74 pages)

Related Material

The Library Collections contain the printed "An Account of the Districts of Bihar and Patna in 18011-1812" by Francis Buchanan (Patna, 2 volumes). The material within this volume is representative of the the handwritten manuscripts, though there are some differences in the appendices. The collections also contain "Journal of Francis Buchanan (afterwards Hamilton) Patna and Gaya in 1811-1812, Edited with Notes and Introduction by V.H. Jackson (Patna 1925).

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