Journal Of Francis Buchan An (Afterwards Hamilton) Kept During The Survey Of The Districts Of Patna And Gaya In 1811-1812

Practically the whole of the information which is now available concerning the life and work of the author of this Journal, including an account of the circumstances under which his great Statistical Survey of Bengal was undertaken, and the subsequent history of the manuscripts connected therewith, is to be found in Sir David Prain?s admirable Memoir published in Calcutta in 1905, entitled, ?A Sketch of the Life of Francis Hamilton (once Buchanan, sometime Superintendent of the Honourable Company’s Botanical Garden, Calcutta. It is therefore unnecessary to attempt a summary here, particularly as Sir D. Pram himself has been good enough to promise a contribution to the Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society on the subject. The original manuscript is in his own handwritings and extends over 224 pages, bound up with other papers in the last of those three volumes of the Buchanan Manuscripts to the Library of the India Office which are concerned with Patna and Gaya. A book on the survey of the antiquities of the districts of Patna and Gaya under taken by the author, who was the superintendent of the Botanical Gardens in Calcutta, from 16th Oct 1811 up till 6th March 1812. The book has charts and illustrations drawn along the way; they include charts of Patna; the route map from Bodhgaya to Rajgir; sections of river flow; a plan of old Rajagriha; and a route map undertaken by the author.