The gazetteer of Sikhim

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  • New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing House, 1972
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New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing House, 1972. Reprint edition limited to 1000 copies (this, no. 378), first published in Calcutta in 1894, with an introduction by H. H. Risley; 4to, pp. [6].xiv, [2], xxii, 392, [2]; 21 plates (1 folding); generally a fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Issued as Series I, Volume 8 in the publisher's Bibliotheca Himalayica series. Includes sections on early history, relations with Tibet, geographical position and descriptions, Sikkim law, marriage customs, geology and mineral resources, agriculture, vegetation, butterflies, reptiles, birds, mammals, Lamaism, monkhood, monastic routine, rites and charms, demonology, etc.

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