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1. Mss Eur D189-191; D355-56; E100-101

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Mss Eur D189-191; D355-56; E100-101
Title:
Papers of Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1851-1911), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1873-1910, Census Commissioner for India 1899-1902, Hon Director of Ethnography for India from 1901, relating to caste and ethnography in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpur; also nine essays by girls of Poona Widows and Orphans Homes on treatment of Hindu widows and a few translations from Pali on the position of women.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1851-1911), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1873-1910, Census Commissioner for India 1899-1902, Hon Director of Ethnography for India from 1901, relating to caste and ethnography in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpur; also nine essays by girls of Poona Widows a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1911
Extent:
7 volumes

2. Mss Eur E100

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E100
Title:
Circulars on Ethnographical Questions, 1898-1905.
Scope & Content:
Questions, Resolutions, Circulars and Correspondence regarding an Ethnographical Survey for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898-1905
Extent:

50 folios

3. Mss Eur D189

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Mss Eur D189
Title:
Caste File. No. I
Scope & Content:
pp. i-ii: Table of Contents by districts. pp. iii-xiii: Index of Castes. pp. 1-237: Replies from the several districts of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpore to a circular from the Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal, dated 31st May 1900. pp. 239-245: Circular from the Superintend...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1914
Extent:
pp. xiii, 245

4. Mss Eur D191

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D191
Title:
Caste File. No. III
Scope & Content:
pp. i-ii: Table of Contents by districts. pp. iii-xxiii: Index of Castes. pp. 1-245: Replies from the several districts of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpore to various circulars (not given) on Caste issued in 1900 and 1901 by the Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1914
Extent:
pp. xxiii, 245

5. Mss Eur D190

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D190
Title:
Caste File. No. II
Scope & Content:
pp. i-ii: Table of Contents by districts. pp. v-xi: Index of Castes. pp. 1-268: Replies from the several districts of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpore to various circulars (not given) from the Superintendent of Census Operations, Bengal, issued in 1900.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1914
Extent:
pp. xi, 268

6. Mss Eur E101

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E101
Title:
Ethnographical Papers. Social Status of Castes
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-242: Replies from the several districts of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Chota Nagpore to a circular letter issued by Mr. H H Risley, dated 24th July 1886 (f. 242); 2. ff. 243-244: Letter from Rajendra Lala Mitra, 12th July 1881. Enclosing a list of Castes; 3. ff. 245-256: Printed list o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1914
Extent:

282 folios

7. Mss Eur D355

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D355
Title:
The Law Givers of India on Women (Chapter II). Buddhist Canon.
Scope & Content:
This MS contains translations of a few passages from the Pali canon, on the position of women in Buddhism,
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1911
Extent:

8 folios

8. Mss Eur D356

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D356
Title:
Position of Widows. Part II. (Experiences of Widows and other Girls).
Scope & Content:
Nine Essays written in English by the girls of the Poona Widows' and Orphans' Home on the subject of the treatment of Hindu Widows.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1911
Extent:

29 folios