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Mss Eur G25
- Record Id:
- 040-003464174
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002264861
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087368543.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G25
- Title:
- Buchanan-Hamilton Loose Drawings
- Scope & Content:
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66 sheets of drawings (includings some duplicates) collected during the Statistical Survey of Bengal. Folios 1-39 relate to the Dinajpur Survey (1807-1808). Folios 40-64 are from the Bhagalpur Survey (1810-1811). Folios 67 and 68 are from the Purnea Survey (1809-1810).
1. Sculpture of Ganesh at Dinajpur. (Martin II, opposite p.625).
2. Duplicate of drawing at folio 1.
3. The door of Mohes Raja’s house, Dinajpur. (Martin II, opposite p.635).
4. Duplicate of drawing at folio 3.
5. Two drawings of the Mosque near ‘Hemtabad’, Dinajpur. (Martin II, opposite p.636).
6. Tomb of Sultan Ghyas ud-din drawn by Vaikunth. (Martin II, opposite p.648).
7. Ground plan of the Adina Mosque, Pandua. (Martin II, opposite p.649).
8. Duplicate of drawing at folio 7.
9. Part of the Adina Mosque, Pandua. (Martin II, opposite p.649).
10. Another part of the Adina Mosque, Pandua. (Martin II, opposite p.649).
11. Duplicate of drawings on folios 9 and 10.
12. Two drawings (duplicates) of a niche in the Adina Mosque, Pandua. (Martin II, p.654).
13. Pillar at ‘Bannagar’, and a door. (Martin II, p.662).
14. Duplicate of drawing at folio 13.
15. A small Shiva temple at ‘Yogighopa’. (Martin II, p.668).
16. Duplicate of drawing at folio 15.
17. A sculpture of ‘Raghunath’ at Dinajpur. Drawing of a seated Buddha sculpture.
18. Drawings of four different fishing nets. These are labelled as follows; Number 13 is called ‘Band’; Number 14 is called ‘Pulo’; Number 15 is called ‘Jhakoyi’; Number 16 is called ‘Besal’.
19. Duplicates of three fishing nets drawn on folio 18 (numbers 13, 14 and 15) and of sculpture drawn on folio 17.
20. Two fishing nets. One is numbered ‘16’, and is a duplicate of a drawing on folio 18. The other is numbered ‘17’ and is reproduced in Martin (II, opposite p.769).
21. A fishing net numbered ‘17’. Duplicate of drawing at folio 20.
22. A fishing net numbered ‘18’. ‘A Chak or Jhati.’ (Martin II, opposite p.769).
23. A group of agricultural implements. (Martin II, opposite p.876).
24. Duplicates of drawings at folios 22 and 23.
25. A sugar mill operated by oxen, showing tools and mode of operation. (Martin II, opposite p.859).
26. Duplicate of drawing at folio 25.
27. A tool for irrigation called a ‘Jaute’. (Martin II, opposite p.882).
28. Duplicate of drawing at folio 27.
29. Inscribed, ‘Received from Examiners Off, 27 Aug 1813. Thirty one sheets, Drawings of the Antiquities and Machinery of Rungapore and Dinajpoor… by a native’.
29 verso and 30. The house and buildings of ‘Baidyonath Chaudhuri’. (Martin II, opposite p.927).
31 verso and 32. Duplicate of drawing on folio 29v-30.
33. Two identical drawings of a still for making rice liquor (‘Modwaleh’). (Martin II, p.939).
34. An oil mill operated by a blindfolded ox. (Martin II, opposite p.941).
35. Two drawings. One is a duplicate of the drawing at folio 34. The other shows a kiln built inside of a pit (Martin II, opposite p.949).
36. The temple of ‘Pancha Ratna’(?) at Gopalganj.
37. Duplicate of drawing at folio 36.
38. Another view of the temple of ‘Pancha Ratna’ (?) at Gopalganj. (Martin II, opposite frontispiece).
39. Duplicate of drawing at folio 38.
40. Inscribed, ‘Bhagalpur Drawings nos 3 to 30… Also 4 maps of Bhagalpur Hills by a native artist’.
41. Carved stone in the north gate at Monghyr. (Martin II, opposite p.47).
42. Two plans of settlements. One, numbered ‘4’, is of ‘Indappe’ and the other, numbered ‘5’, is of ‘Gidhaur’.
43. Two drawings. One is a duplicate of the drawing at folio 42, and the other is a view of the hilltop temple at ‘Ungchanath’.
44. Duplicate of the drawing at folio 43 showing the hilltop temple at ‘Ungchanath’.
45. Two drawings. One, numbered ‘7’, is a carved rock at ‘Gauripahar’ (Martin II, p.57). The other, numbered ‘11’, is a ground plan of the Jami Masjid at Rajmahal (Martin II, p.70).
46. Elevation of the Jami Masjid at Rajmahal. (Martin II, p.70).
47. Duplicates of drawings of the Jami Masjid at Rajmahal at folios 45 and 46.
48. Ground plan of the ‘ruins of the Sunggidalan at Rajmahal’. (Martin II, p.71).
49. Two elevations of different parts of the ‘Dewan Khanah at Rajmahal’. (Martin II, p.74).
50. Duplicate of drawings at folio 49.
51. Two brass images found in a tank near ‘Karnagar’. (Martin II, opposite p.33).
52. Duplicate of drawings at folio 51.
53. Two other brass images found in a tank near ‘Karnagar’. (Martin II, opposite p.33).
54. Copy of drawing at folio 41.
55. Two identical drawings of a sculpted stone, ‘in a bridge between Adyna and Purruah’ by Vaikunth. (Martin II, opposite p.47).
56. Two identical drawings of ‘the roof called Maghaiya’.
57. Four drawings. The first, numbered ‘23’, is of a crater formed by a gaseous eruption, from ‘a hot spring at Rishikindesa’. The second shows two sickles, numbered ‘25’ and ‘26’, called ‘Jhapa’ and ‘Hasaya’ (Martin II, p.215). The third, numbered ‘26’, is a plan of a ‘smelting furnace used in the iron mines’ (Martin II, p.262). The fourth, numbered ‘27’, is of a ‘reel used for winding Tasar silk’ (Martin II, p.272).
58. Duplicates of drawings found at folios 33, 45 and 57.
59. Two drawings. One is a duplicate of a drawing found at folio 33. The other is of a stone built into the wall of the fort at Monghyr (Martin II, opposite p.47).
60. Three drawings. One is a copy of the stone at Monghyr at folio 59. The other two are identical copies of another stone in the fort wall, Monghyr (Martin II, opposite p.47).
61. A map by an Indian artist of ‘the hills in the divisions of Mallepur Tarapur Mungger Kumurgurj and Suryagarha of the Bhagalpur district’. This map connects with one published in Martin (II, opposite p.1).
62. A map by an Indian artist of ‘the division of Lakardewani and territory of the southern tribe of Mountaineers together with Pergunah Sultanabad in the division of Kalikapur.’ This map connects with one published in Martin (II, opposite p.1).
63. A map by an Indian artist ‘of the territory of the northern tribe of Mountaineers with divisions Fayezullahgunj Paingti and Rajmahal’. This map connects with one published in Martin (II, opposite p.1).
64 verso and 65. A map by an Indian artist ‘of the divisions of Kotwali, Kodawar, Ratnagunj and Bangha’. This map connects with one published in Martin (II, opposite p.1).
66. Inscribed, ‘Purnea Drawings’.
67. Two drawings. One shows a net, and is labelled ‘Bag net used in the Kosi’ (Martin III, p.191). The other shows ‘plans of roofs’ (Martin III, p.97).
68. Two sheep. ‘Sheep called Garar’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002264861
036-003464077
040-003464174 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur Buchanan : Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Mss Eur C14, D95-97, E73, G25 : Drawings, Maps and Inscriptions
Mss Eur G25 : Buchanan-Hamilton Loose Drawings - Hierarchy:
- 032-002264861[0010]/036-003464077[0006]/040-003464174
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Buchanan
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1811
- Date Range:
- 1807-1811
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- K174
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For the full description, see G.R Kaye and E.H. Johnston, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages (London: HMSO, 1937), no. K174.
Further references to this manuscript may be found in the Mildred Archer, Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library (London: 1962).
- Publications:
- Most of the drawings are written about and reproduced in Montgomery Martin’s 3 volume book, ‘The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India’ (London: WH Allen, 1838).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)