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| Name of the Collection | Dhriti Kanta Lahiri Choudhury |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | I. Subject Files, 1881-2016 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (i) Management of Elephants, 1977-2003 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 194 |
| Abstract | Correspondence among D.K. Lahiri Choudhury, N.K. Endow, P. Guhathakurta, Anne Wright, Gerald L. Wood, J.C. Daniel, M.K. Nandi, Jeheskel Shoshani and others regarding weaning and separation of elephant calves from their mothers, food habits of elephants, electro-chemical animal repellents, science of elephants (Gaja-Shastra), anti-elephant depredation electric fencing equipment and elephant pearl. Includes �a note on the weaning of elephant calves� by D.K. Lahiri Choudhury and a note on management of departmental elephants by him, a preliminary study titled �elephant depredation: causes and prevention�, an essay titled �Crop raiding by elephants and preventive methods, a �Report on survey of elephants in Karnataka State 1977� by Vijaykumaran Nair and Madhav Gadgil, etc. Also, includes magazine clippings titled �Collaring the elephant� by J.C. Daniel, �The elephant princess� by Tim McGirk and �Fight for space� (on human-elephant relationship), a map of Nepal and handwritten notes |
| Author | |
| Recipient | |
| Keywords | Elephant calves; Karnataka; Nepal |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1977 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1998 |
| Extent | 474 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Handwritten, Cyclostyled, Typed & Printed |
| Language | English & Bengali |
| Remarks | Very brittle |
| Source/Link | Down to Earth; The Independent on Sunday |
| Donor | Sheila Lahiri Choudhury, Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury, Debjani Das |
| Donation Date | 2021 |
| Custodian | Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana |
| Right/Copyright | Donor |
