These records were made to supplement the Linguistic Survey of’ India, which was set up in 1894 under the supervision of George Grierson. The survey’s aim, not fully realised, was to collect specimens of every known language and dialect covered by its operations. These extended from Baluchistan ...
Manuscript material for 'An Account of the Fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches, etc.'
Scope & Content:
Manuscript field notes, texts and drawings, which were used for the compilation of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton's An Account of the Fishes found in the River Ganges and its Branches (Edinburgh: A Constable & Co, 1822).