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| Name of the Collection | Dhriti Kanta Lahiri Choudhury |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | III. Writings by Others, 1819-2007 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 1 |
| Abstract | British Raj literature on elephant. The file contains excerpts from the books: Oriental Field Sports, Vol. I (1819) by Thomas Williamson, The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-Western Provinces (1883) by J.H. Baldwin, Two Years in Jungle (1885) by William T. Hornaday, Reminiscences of Sport in India (1885) by E.F. Burton, The Hunting Grounds of the Old World (1860) by Henry A. Leveson, Thirty Years of Shikar (1895) by Edward Braddon, and Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad (1911) by F.W.F. Fletcher. Includes reader�s report on a book proposal titled �From Wonder to Enlightenment�, a collection supposed to cover the life-habits of elephants in various parts of South Asia |
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| Recipient | |
| Keywords | Literature; Elephant; Hunting |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1819 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1911 |
| Extent | 326 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Photocopy/ English |
| Language | English |
| Remarks | Publishers: Kegan Paul; W.H. Allen; Blackwood etc. |
| Source/Link | |
| 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 |
