A GAZETTEER
OF THE
TERRITORIES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE
VICEROY OF INDIA.
BY
EDWARD THORNTON.
New Edition, Edited and Revised by Sir ROPER LETHBRIDGE, C.I.E., late Press Commissioner in India, and ARTHUR N. WOLLASTON, H.M. Indian (Home) Civil Service, Translator of the “Anwar-i-Suhaili.”
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When Thornton’s “Gazetteer of India” was originally presented to the public, it was the only compilation of its kind, and it was obviously desirable that, within reasonable limits, the work should be sufficiently comprehensive to give the reader some insight into the history of the various localities enumerated. Since that date, however, Hunter’s “Imperial Gazetteer” has been prepared, which is not only much more ample than its predecessor, but is further to be greatly enlarged in the New Edition now in course of production. In these circumstances it has been thought incumbent, when issuing a New Edition of Thornton’s “Gazetteer” corrected up to date, to modify in some measure the plan of the work by omitting much of the detail and giving only such leading facts and figures as will suffice for ordinary purposes of reference, a plan which has the additional advantage of reducing the work to one moderate-sized volume.
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