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EAP921/4/1/13
- Record Id:
- 040-004071726
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004071712
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139972492.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP921/4/1/13
- Title:
- শিক্ষাসার
- Additional Titles:
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Shikshasar
- Scope & Content:
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It is a text book for basic students of Bengali. The chapters of this book were collected and re-told some ancient moral stories to spread moral education. The writer collected these stories from ancient religious texts and literatures like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Manusanghita, Raghubangsa, Rajtarangini and others. To fulfill his intension he selected some great erudite or heroic characters from these texts like Karna, Abhimanyu, Lab, Kush.
Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. After facing many up and downs this public library got its present name as Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar and its own permanent building in 1940 as well. Although many valuable collections are either lost or damaged for lack of maintance, but some very rare books and manuscripts are still available. Many books are found more than 7 languages and various contents like Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Odiya,English, Sanskrit.
Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded.
Calendar: Common Calendar.
Extent and format of original material: One bound volume of printed book.
Physical characteristics: Brittle, worm eaten. The original volume with length of 17 cm.
Owner(s) of original material: Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar.
Author(s) of original material: Tarakumar Kabiratna.
Publisher of original material: Calcutta: Banerjee Press, J. N. Banerjee & Son.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004071712
036-004071713
040-004071726 - Is part of:
- EAP921/4 : The Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
EAP921/4/1 : Books from the Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar
EAP921/4/1/13 : শিক্ষাসার - Hierarchy:
- 032-004071712[0001]/036-004071713[0013]/040-004071726
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP921/4
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 103 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP921-4-1-13
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Bengali
- Scripts:
- Bengali
- Start Date:
- 1887
- End Date:
- 1887
- Date Range:
- 1887
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Brittle, worm eaten. The original volume with length of 17 cm.
- Arrangement:
- This book has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)