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Rivers of Bengal : a compilation / [compiled] by Kumud Ranjan Biswas.
Van Pelt Library GB1340.B4 R58 2001 v.1 v.2:pt.1/2 v.3:pt.1/2 v.5:pt.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rivers--India--Bengal.
- Rivers.
- India--Bengal.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 21-28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kolkata : West Bengal District Gazetteers, Higher Education Dept., Govt. of West Bengal, 2001-
- Contents:
- v. 1. Rivers of the Bengal delta / S.C. Majumdar. The ancient system of irrigation in Bengal / William Willcocks. Recent changes in the delta of the Ganges / James Fergusson
- v. 2, pt. 1. Report on the Hooghly river and its headwaters / Stevenson-Moore Committee report with addendum History of the rivers in the Gangetic Delta, 1750-1918 / C. Addams-Williams. pt. 2. Maps and plates (in a separate portfolio)
- v. 3, pt. 1. Report on the Nadia rivers, 1915 / by F.C. Hirst. Addendum, report of the Damodar Flood Enquiry Committee. pt. 2. Maps and plates (in a separate portfolio)
- v. 5. The canals and flood banks of Bengal / W.A. Inglis. pt. 1. Irrigation and protection from flood.
- Notes:
- Vol. 2, pt. 2 and v. 3, pt. 2 in separate portfolios.
- Two folded maps attached to inside back cover of vol. 1.
- Originally published: 1916-1941.
- OCLC:
- 500048623
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