A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of the District, Or Zila, of Dinajpur

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A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of the District, Or Zila, of Dinajpur (1833)
by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
4394821A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of the District, Or Zila, of Dinajpur1833Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

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Book II. Concerning the people of the Dinajpur district.

Chapter I. On the Population of the District, and the causes which operate on its Increase or Diminution, ........67
II. Condition and Manner of Living, .... .. 73
III. Education ........ 80

Section 1, Schools and Languages,.......2.0 ib, 2, Sciences, 85 Part 1, The higher Sciences, Literature, Law, and Metaphysics,.. ib., —— 2, The lower Sciences, Theology, Worship, Astrology, and Magic, ........... 88

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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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