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Name of the Collection | Prosenjit Dasgupta |
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Folder/Categories | Noteboooks of Prosenjit Dasgupta 1957-2022 |
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File No. /Acc. No. | I.a). 27 |
Abstract | The notebook contains tour notes from Dasgupta’s visits to Sundarbans, terracotta temples near Shantiniketan, Kumaon, Chilka, Chandernagore-Hooghly, temples in Tollygunj in Kolkata, Karanjia-Khiching, Hollong-Kalimpong, Dudhwa-Corbett, Sovabazar-Pathuriaghata palaces in Kolkata, Ghaats of Hooghly River, Bowali, Koraput, Haflong, Sikkim, Bhutan, Panihati in Kolkata, Chilka, Chikhaldhara, Kaziranga, Taiwan, Vietnam, United Kingdom, accompanied by hand-drawn maps, details of the vegetation, herbarium samples. sighting of different animals and birds, information of the visited sites, travel intelligence, etc; notes on sighting of Comet Tempel-Tuttle in November 1998; and remarks on various books on environmental issues, ecology, conservation, and Adivasi societies of India, etc. |
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Keywords | Tiger Census; Shantiniketan; The economic Value of Biodiversity; North Cachar hills; |
Start Date “Period From” | 20-Jun-05 |
End Date “Period To” | 25-Jun-05 |
Extent | 289 pp. |
Item type/Format | Handwritten travel brochures, maps. and press clippings |
Language | English |
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Donor | Prosenjit Dasgupta |
Donation Date | Jul-05 |
Custodian | Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Rai, Sonipat |
Right/Copyright | DONOR |